Unique ID not displaying on Qualtrics survey

When generating unique IDs for Mechanical Turk participants in Qualtrics surveys, there are a few approaches you can take.

Based on your situation, it appears you're trying to implement a random ID generation system. For secure and reliable random ID generation, you should consider using a cryptographically secure random number generator rather than a basic random function.

For MTurk integration with Qualtrics, you'll need to:

1. Ensure your MTurk account is properly set up with the appropriate quota limits. New MTurk users often need to request a quota increase through the AWS Service Quotas console before being able to publish batches.

2. For the ID generation in Qualtrics specifically, you might want to check if your JavaScript code is properly implemented in the right location (usually in the header of your survey or on the specific question).

3. Make sure the code is actually displaying the generated ID to participants. This could involve adding HTML elements to show the ID and ensuring the JavaScript is correctly assigning the value to these elements.

4. Test your survey in preview mode to verify the ID appears as expected.

If you're still experiencing issues, you might want to consider using Qualtrics' built-in embedded data features to generate and store unique identifiers, which can be more reliable than custom JavaScript in some cases.
Sources
First batch on MTurk- not allowing me to Publish it | AWS re:Post
Use of Insufficiently Random Values | Amazon Q, Detector Library