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Research article
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08 May 2020
Research article |
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| 08 May 2020
Training citizen scientists through an online game developed for data quality control
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich,
Switzerland
Simon Etter
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich,
Switzerland
H. J. Ilja van Meerveld
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich,
Switzerland
Jan Seibert
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich,
Switzerland
Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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Short summary
Training can deter people from joining a citizen science project but may be needed to ensure good data quality. In this study, we found that an online game that was originally developed for data quality control in a citizen science project can be used for training as well. These findings are useful for the development of training strategies for other citizen science projects because they indicate that gamified approaches might be valuable scalable training methods.
Training can deter people from joining a citizen science project but may be needed to ensure...
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