Surveys [OT] Earn money with the fantastic folks at Prolific Academic

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In principle, just follow the instructions in the studies, then you will get paid. Researchers have the freedom to use completion codes or completion links – they will choose whatever suits their study design better. It doesn't matter in which of the two ways you complete a study.

I just completed a study (ease of imagery and perceptions of social hierarchy) and I'm not singling out this study or the researcher, but I paid absolute attention to the instructions at the end, since this discussion has made me more aware of the issue. At the end was a clickable link to submit my ID to PA, and the only instruction was to click this link. Although the small box with the arrows was also there, there was no reference to this box or instruction that it also had to be clicked. I decided to copy and paste the link, and also click the small box, but only because of the discussions we've had on here. Clicking the small box meant that my input was submitted to the researcher, but there was no instruction to do this. I do think things need to be made clearer.
 

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Has anyone had any studies to do over the past few days? I havent had anything for around four days which is really unusual.
 

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marcusuk said:
Has anyone had any studies to do over the past few days? I havent had anything for around four days which is really unusual.

ive only had the social hierarchy one just now but it has been unusually quiet for studies lately, usually have quite a few :-\
 

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I had a £5 study yesterday, but I think I got lucky as there were only 30 places and I nabbed one of the last ones. If you log out and then access the site, you'll see there a lot of studies currently available, but they must have fairly specific criteria as I'm not eligible for any of them. That's they way things tend to work with survey taking - you have a bundle of surveys all at once, then it'll go quiet for a while. I'm sure it'll pick up again soon.
 

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Thanks RobW and secret squirrel ...hopefully a few will appear real soon ;)
 

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Hi managed to earn nearly £14 in just over 2 weeks but like others I haven't had any for getting on for a week now. Am I doing anything wrong?
 

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This week I've completed 5 so far. 1 was a 3rd part follow up, the rest were available to others too as my friend also completed them (Very different demographics).
 

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I've done 3 this week, one of which was a follow up - I tend to try check regularly for them as I've often been able to do ones that I didn't receive an email for
 

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tobyjess13 said:
Hi managed to earn nearly £14 in just over 2 weeks but like others I haven't had any for getting on for a week now. Am I doing anything wrong?

Dont think so - think they just appear in batches, dont rely on email notifications....just keep logging in and checking. Thats what im doing anyway ;)]
 

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It's possible that we might notice seasonal variations with this site, as the studies are put up by academics and students - the students will probably post fewer in the summer months and the professionals may well post more, as they'll have fewer teaching responsibilities at that time!
 

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Posting in correct thread this time!!!

Signed up and answered all the prescreening questions - but all the studies say "unknown eligibility" It's only when I go through to start them it tells me I'm not eligible...

It says answer more prescreening questions but I've done that - does it take a while for their system to update? Or does this happen for everyone?
 

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Posting in correct thread this time!!!

Signed up and answered all the prescreening questions - but all the studies say "unknown eligibility" It's only when I go through to start them it tells me I'm not eligible...

It says answer more prescreening questions but I've done that - does it take a while for their system to update? Or does this happen for everyone?

Hi Kelzky,

Yes, the system needs a moment to update... sorry about that! Were you able to do a study or two?
 

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Kelzky said:
Posting in correct thread this time!!!

Signed up and answered all the prescreening questions - but all the studies say "unknown eligibility" It's only when I go through to start them it tells me I'm not eligible...

It says answer more prescreening questions but I've done that - does it take a while for their system to update? Or does this happen for everyone?

Hi Kelzky,

Yes, the system needs a moment to update... sorry about that! Were you able to do a study or two?

I have now! Thank you :)
 

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Prolific Academic - is there a way I can block seeing studies that a particular researcher puts on PA? I wish to do this for an unethical researcher who won't even respond to me.

As he refuses to respond to me, and what he is doing is no right, I am taking this up elsewhere and highlighting his practices to relevant people.
 

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There's a £3.00 study up just now that I presume most women will be able to do - lots of places left :)
 

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Can't see it :( can only see the one for students, one for disclosure of information and one about experiences in the UK (need to be european)
 

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Kelzky said:
Can't see it :( can only see the one for students, one for disclosure of information and one about experiences in the UK (need to be european)

It has a certain demographic criterion, sorry guys... maybe the researcher will change his/her mind and change the demographic criterion later on :)
 

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Re: Earn money with the fantastic folks at Prolific Academic

Do PA still have a minimum threshold for fee free pay out? My balance has just gone over £20...
 

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I can't get on the site at the moment - getting an Internal Server error.
 

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