Individual skill

platform-selection

Use when the user is choosing a platform for an online survey / experiment, OR when they have already launched on one and are reconsidering. Triggers: "which platform for my survey?" / "MTurk vs. Prolific vs. CloudResearch vs. Lucid" / "I want a US-representative sample" / "how do I reach finance professionals?" / "I want to recruit from non-US populations" / "is MTurk okay for my study?" / "I want a hardened quality pipeline". Default rule: Platform choice is a population choice. MTurk ≈ young, US/India, educated; Prolific ≈ pre-screened US/UK; Lucid Theorem/Marketplace ≈ US quota / targeted subgroups; CloudResearch = MTurk with screening layer. Match the platform to the *research question*, not the *convenience*. Not for: payment questions (use fair-pay-and-reputation); survey design (use survey-design-checklist).

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