Galaxy Zoo: Motivations of Citizen Scientists

Autor/inn/en	Raddick, M. Jordan; Bracey, Georgia; Gay, Pamela L.; Lintott, Chris J.; Cardamone, Carie; Murray, Phil; Schawinski, Kevin; Szalay, Alexander S.; Vandenberg, Jan
Titel	Galaxy Zoo: Motivations of Citizen Scientists
Quelle	In: Astronomy Education Review, 12 (2013) 1, S.010106-1 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1539-1515
DOI	10.3847/AER2011021
Schlagwörter	Volunteers; Astronomy; Motivation; Scientific Research; Scientists; Community Involvement; Data Collection; Data Analysis; Classification; Online Surveys; Internet; Web Sites; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Foreign Countries; Educational Attainment; Individual Characteristics; Correlation; Africa; Asia; Australia; New Zealand; South America; United Kingdom; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freiwilliger; Astronomie; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Data capture; Datensammlung; Auswertung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Web-Design; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ausland; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Korrelation; Afrika; Asien; Australien; Neuseeland; Südamerika; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	Citizen science, in which volunteers work with professional scientists to conduct research, is expanding due to large online datasets. To plan projects, it is important to understand volunteers' motivations for participating. This paper analyzes results from an online survey of nearly 11000 volunteers in Galaxy Zoo, an astronomy citizen science project. Results show that volunteers' primary motivation is a desire to contribute to scientific research. We encourage other citizen science projects to study the motivations of their volunteers, to see whether and how these results may be generalized to inform the field of citizen science. (Contains 11 tables and 6 figures.) (As Provided).
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