Presenting Amazon's Mechanical Turk as more than just a data sample – A study of MTurker experiences

	Mean	S.D.	1	2	3	4	5	6
1. Work Volition	3.97	1.07	-
2. Job Satisfaction	3.7	0.87	0.32^**	-
3. Life Satisfaction	3.27	1.11	0.32^**	0.29^**	-
4. Stress	2.71	0.77	−0.41^**	−0.25^*	−0.38^**	-
5. Age (years)	46.16	142.61	−0.01	−0.03	0.07	−0.01	-
6. Race^a	1.40	0.85	−1.07	0.04	−0.08	0.16^**	−0.01	-
7. Overall Salary	45551.79	72208.4	0.06	−0.02	0.18^**	0.01	0.01	−0.02

N = 373,

** p < 0.01, two tailed.

* p < 0.05, two tailed.

a Majority respondents were Caucasian (Item 1 on Race scale)

Table 2

ANOVA results for job satisfaction

Predictor	Sum of Squares	df	Mean Square	F	p
(Intercept)	4119.42	1	4119.42	5835.57	0.000
Income Category	5.25	1	5.25	7.43	0.007
Work Volition	8.84	1	8.84	12.52	0.000
Income Category × Work Volition	0.04	1	0.04	0.06	0.815
Error	260.48	369	0.71

Table 3

ANOVA results for life satisfaction

Predictor	Sum of Squares	df	Mean Square	F	p
(Intercept)	3113.44	1	3113.44	2612.76	0.000
Income Category	0.02	1	0.02	0.02	0.889
Work Volition	5.98	1	5.98	5.02	0.026
Income Category × Work Volition	13.51	1	13.51	11.34	0.001
Error	439.71	369	1.19

Table 4

ANOVA results for stress

Predictor	Sum of Squares	df	Mean Square	F	p
(Intercept)	1473.80	1	1473.80	3014.88	0.000
Income Category	1.95	1	1.95	3.99	0.047
Work Volition	13.44	1	13.44	27.50	0.000
Error	179.89	368	0.49

Interaction of work volition and income category on life satisfaction

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijm-2020-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2451-2834 (formerly 1649-248X) | Journal ISSN: 1649-248X

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Language: English

Page range: 85 - 98

Published on: Apr 10, 2021

Published by: Irish Academy of Management

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