Improving Productivity in Citizen Science Through Controlled Intervention

Avi Segal; Ya'akov (Kobi) Gal; Robert J. Simpson; Victoria Victoria Homsy; Mark Hartswood; Kevin R. Page; Marina Jirotka

doi:10.1145/2740908.2743051

Improving Productivity in Citizen Science Through Controlled Intervention

Avi Segal, Ya'akov (Kobi) Gal, Robert J. Simpson, Victoria Victoria Homsy, Mark Hartswood, Kevin R. Page, Marina Jirotka

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Abstract

The majority of volunteers participating in citizen science projects perform only a few tasks each before leaving the system. We designed an intervention strategy to reduce disengagement in 16 different citizen science projects. Targeted users who had left the system received emails that directly addressed motivational factors that affect their engagement. Results show that participants receiving the emails were significantly more likely to return to productive activity when compared to a control group.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	WWW '15 Companion Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on World Wide Web
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Publisher	ACM
Pages	331-337
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-3473-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2740908.2743051
Publication status	Published - 18 May 2015
Event	24th International Conference on World Wide Web - Florence, Italy Duration: 18 May 2015 → 22 May 2015 http://www.www2015.it/

Conference

Conference	24th International Conference on World Wide Web
Abbreviated title	WWW 2015
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Florence
Period	18/05/15 → 22/05/15
Internet address	http://www.www2015.it/

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