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Citizen scientist community engagement with the HiggsHunters project at the Large Hadron Collider

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The engagement of citizen scientists with the HiggsHunters. org citizen science project is investigated through analysis of behaviour, discussion and survey data. More than 38,000 citizen scientists from 179 countries participated, classifying 1.5 million features of interest on about 39,000 distinct images. While most citizen scientists classified only a handful of images, some classified hundreds or even thousands. Analysis of frequently used terms on the dedicated discussion forum demonstr...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.18546/RFA.02.2.13

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Particle Physics
Oxford college:
Merton College
Role:
Author
Publisher:
UCL IOE Press Publisher's website
Journal:
Research For All Journal website
Volume:
2
Issue:
2
Pages:
359-373
Publication date:
2018-08-29
Acceptance date:
2018-01-31
DOI:
ISSN:
2399-8121
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Pubs id:
pubs:822187
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uuid:c866a78d-07c0-4900-9cad-603586cb08f0
Local pid:
pubs:822187
Source identifiers:
822187
Deposit date:
2018-02-01

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