How to harness the power of crowdsourcing for large-scale research

Tutorial 6: Tomer Ullman - Amazon Mechanical Turk · 41:38 · Video: MIT OpenCourseWare · Watch at the source

In short: Discover how Amazon Mechanical Turk can be utilized to conduct massive experiments, from collecting data on image libraries to studying human perception and decision-making processes.

In this lecture from a 2015 MIT summer course, Tomer Ullman explores the practicalities of using MTurk for scientific inquiry. The session examines the utility of the platform for tasks involving decision-making and perception, while providing essential guidance on the advantages, disadvantages, and best practices for effective implementation in research.

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