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Goals and tasks: Two typologies of citizen science projects
Goals and tasks: Two typologies of citizen science projects – A presentation at the Forty-fifth Hawai’i International Conference on System Science (HICSS-45)
Citizen science is a form of research collaboration involving members of the public in scientific research projects to address real-world problems. Often organized as a virtual collaboration, these projects are a type of open movement, with collective goals addressed through open participation in research tasks. We conducted a survey of citizen science projects to elicit multiple aspects of project design and operation. We then clustered projects based on the tasks performed by participants and on the project’s stated goals. The clustering results group projects that show similarities along other dimensions, suggesting useful divisions of the projects.
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Citizen Science Research Papers
This is a collection of citizen science research papers and their significance to these five points: 1. Definition of citizen science 2. Who participates in citizen science and the demographics of those participants 3. Participant’s motivation to get involved in the online sites 4. Citizen Science project best practices, what makes a good site 5. What are good rewards and motivations for users and researchers, what are the demographics of people who participate in pattern spotting type activities in areas other than citizen science
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