Prolific Academic Survey Alerts

Its_time

Slinky said:

Its_time said:

I am pleasantly surprised today, I had my account verified yesterday and already I have been able to take part in 3 studies.  Small amounts as yet but they all add up and yesterday my additional income was 0 so a definite improvement.

They may only be small amounts but they do add up. I've only been doing the surveys for a month but have made nearly £60 already.

Woah! £60 in a month sounds amazing, would pay for so much like Christmas, car ins etc. I am really hoping the amount of surveys picks up soon for me

Martico

On the delayed Ai ones, do some of them offer a bonus if you're in, say, the top 10% of respondents? Closest to the mean, or something like that? If so, they may just be waiting for the full dataset to come in before they allocate the bonuses. Just a guess

[Deleted User]

I didn't know about that, thanks Martico.  Although I don't remember any mention of a bonus, it could explain the, in the circumstances, unusual delay.

elsien

Martico said:

On the delayed Ai ones, do some of them offer a bonus if you're in, say, the top 10% of respondents? Closest to the mean, or something like that? If so, they may just be waiting for the full dataset to come in before they allocate the bonuses. Just a guess

I had one of those. Think I got paid for the main study then the bonus came later.

[Deleted User]

Thanks elsien - It's four AI Studies awaiting approval, from around the same date in December, so I'll just have to be more patient.

silvercar

A multipart vocal pattern study

By quinton richards

£0.20 • £7.58/hr

1 min

555 places

You will be asked a number of questioned, then asked to record yourself reading a passage.

You will need a device with a microphone. The survey will record your voice in browser.

Devices you can use to take this study:

• Desktop
• Mobile
• Tablet

You will also need:

• Microphone

This one offered a bonus for the first few hundred to complete. The task was to record reading out loud a paragraph. I wonder if they meant the fastest readers, though they did say the fastest to complete. The actual reading took nearly a minute, so the reward for a survey of 1 minute didn't allow time for reading the instructions or submitting.

~FlowerPot~

hello, Just wondering if theres a time when you re more likely to see surveys? I presume its global, so could be at any time, but is there a sweet spot!!! I m also guessing theres a lot of people clicking very quickly, as Ive missed out on quite a few already and only been doing them a few days!

thanks

and have a greta day

flowers

elsien

~FlowerPot~ said:

hello, Just wondering if theres a time when you re more likely to see surveys? I presume its global, so could be at any time, but is there a sweet spot!!! I m also guessing theres a lot of people clicking very quickly, as Ive missed out on quite a few already and only been doing them a few days!

thanks

and have a greta day

flowers

Not really - any time day or night - I've had some pop up at 1am for example.
Obviously they are based on the demographics so not open to everyone anyway. There are a lot which say one place left which are actually full, that's fairly normal.
Also be aware that prolific have an algorithm so if you do lots of surveys over a time period, you will then have a tumbleweed period where very little comes through. It can be very swings and roundabouts at times. All balances out in the end though. 

MollyR

I am often offered well-paying 60-minute studies just as I am about to start cooking lunch, which is our main meal of the day.  I could almost suspect that they know I can't take them up!

olliebean

In my experience, there is a tendency for hour long plus studies to turn up at precisely the time I'm about to eat or go to bed, but other than that, I've not noticed anything.

<edit> Looks like I'm not the only one!