MIXER Telephone Study
Instructions
To receive compensation for your participation, you must fill out and submit one of the following forms:
- W9 FORM for US resident tax return filers
- FORM 8233 for US non-resident tax return filers
- Certification of Foreign Source Income for participants residing in Canada
If you are a foreign national and have any questions about your eligibility to receive compensation for your participation in this study, please call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040. Ask for the Foreign Issues department.
Completed W9 forms should be mailed or faxed to:
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Linguistic Data Consortium
MIXER STUDY
3600 Market Street, Suite 810
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2653
FAX (215) 573-2175
The following links provide instructions on how to fill out these forms.
Payment Rates Table
This table gives a breakdown of the rates, bonuses, and incentives listed below. If you have any questions about compensation rates, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions Page or contact us at participant-care@ldc.upenn.edu.
| Amount | Conditions | Maximum Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Call Rate | $6 per call | 4 calls must be completed to qualify for payment (limit 15 calls) | $90 |
| Unique Phone Call Bonus | $2 per call | call must be made using a unique handset (limit 5 calls) | $10 |
| Unique Phone 5 Call Target Bonus | $50 | 5 calls completed using unique handsets | $50 |
| Foreign Language Call Bonus | $2 per call | call completed in target language | $30 |
| Foreign Language 5 Call Bonus | $50 | 5 calls completed in target language | $50 |
| Maximum Call Bonus | $50 | 15 calls completed | $50 |
| Total Payment Amount | $280 | ||
Payment Rate Details
Once you have completed 4 successful MIXER calls, you will receive a base rate of $6.00 per call. A successful MIXER call is one in which you and your call partner talk to each other for the full ten minutes on the designated topic.
- TARGET CALL BONUS:
- UNIQUE PHONE BONUS:
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE CALLS
If you complete all 15 calls you will receive a $50.00 bonus.
What is a unique phone? We define a unique telphone as a phone number and associated handset that you use exactly once in the study. If you use the same telephone twice, it is not unique. MIXER uses caller id to check the telephone numbers of incoming calls to determine whether you have used them before. The target number of unique calls for MIXER is 5.
Some office and cellular phones report their telephone numbers incorrectly so that they appear to have been used before. Also, if your phone has Caller ID blocked, the platform will not be able to tell that the number is unique and will not count that call as such. Use pay phones or borrow your friend's phone. Then be sure not to use these phones again in the study. If you complete five unique calls you will receive a one-time $50.00 bonus.
We prefer all other calls to be made from a single line on the same handset.
A foreign language call is one that is conducted in fluent speech in one of the target languages. Please complete some calls in one of those languages and some in English. The MIXER robot operator will try to match you with someone who speaks the same languages as you. At the beginning of each call, ask your partner which languages he or she speaks. If you both speak the same language, please have the conversation in that language. Otherwise please just have the conversation in English. If you complete 5 calls in one of the target languages, you will receive a one-time bonus of $50.00.