EAGER: PPER: Development of a Contest-based Crowdsourcing Scheme for Public Water Quality Monitoring

EAGER：PPER：开发基于竞赛的公共水质监测众包计划

• 批准号: 1743997
• 负责人: Weiwei Mo
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: University of New Hampshire
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1743997&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; PPER; Development; Contest; based; EAGER; PPER; Development; Contest; based

1743997 (Mo). This project aims to design, assess, and understand a generalizable contest-based crowdsourcing scheme to engage the public in continuous water quality monitoring activities at the consumer tap. The approach is intended to allow early response, risk management, and harm reduction in a public water quality crisis like Flint, MI. Two contests with different public recognition reward schemes will be developed, one that focuses on rewarding participants for the number of samples collected at different locations and another that focuses on rewarding participants for the number of new recruits to the program. The experimental design of each contest includes online pre-contest surveys, sample collection by the participants, paper-based post-contest surveys and interviews, and centralized sample analysis at one lab facility. Two different contaminants (i.e., lead and copper) will be tested in the two contests to reduce the potential fatigue effect from multiple contests. Social media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter) and word-of-mouth promotion will be used to recruit participants. The survey instruments will be used to collect information regarding participants' motivation, socioeconomic characteristics, and perceptions of the proposed scheme. This project should facilitate identification and understanding of optimal program design features and demographic factors that influence outcomes related to data quality, use of science in decision-making, scientific literacy, and networking changes from contest-based crowdsourcing efforts. The project is targeted to result in creation of a generalizable framework to engage the public in water quality monitoring at the consumer taps. This work will generate new knowledge in: 1) effective design of crowdsourcing schemes to engage the public in household water quality monitoring activities; 2) major motivators to engage the public in household water quality monitoring activities and barriers that prevent people from participating in such activities; 3) an understanding of the influence of people's socioeconomic status, job confidence, and environmental awareness on their participation in water quality monitoring activities; 4) the potential benefits of using crowdsourcing to improve public scientific literacy, social network, and environmental decision-making; 5) the potential changes in property values and social equity resulting from a water quality red flag; and, 6) enhanced understanding of the factors that influence household water quality. This project is also targeted to result in the development of a cost-effective and public engaged approach of household water quality monitoring, and initiation and identification of a community that could be engaged in future water quality monitoring efforts.

1743997（MO）。该项目旨在设计，评估和理解一种基于竞赛的众包计划，以吸引公众在消费者点击中进行连续的水质监测活动。该方法旨在允许早期反应，风险管理和减少危害公共水质危机，例如弗林特，密歇根州。将开发两场具有不同公共认可奖励计划的比赛，其中一项重点是奖励参与者在不同地点收集的样本数量，而另一个则侧重于奖励参与者为该计划的新招聘人员数量。每场比赛的实验设计包括在线预激活调查，参与者的样本收集，基于纸张的爆发后调查和访谈，以及一个实验室设施的集中样本分析。在两次比赛中将测试两种不同的污染物（即铅和铜），以减少多个比赛的潜在疲劳效应。社交媒体（例如，Facebook，Twitter）和口碑促销活动将用于招募参与者。调查工具将用于收集有关参与者动机，社会经济特征和对拟议计划的看法的信息。该项目应促进对最佳计划设计特征和人口统计学因素的识别和理解，从而影响与数据质量，科学在决策，科学素养中使用科学相关的结果，以及基于竞赛的众群体努力的变化。该项目的目标是创建一个可推广的框架，以使公众在消费者水龙头进行水质监测。这项工作将在以下方面产生新知识：1）众包计划的有效设计，使公众参与家庭水质监测活动； 2）主要动机参与家庭水质监测活动和阻止人们参加此类活动的障碍； 3）了解人们社会经济地位，工作信心和环境意识对他们参与水质监测活动的影响； 4）使用众包改善公共科学素养，社交网络和环境决策的潜在好处； 5）由水质危险信号产生的财产价值和社会公平的潜在变化； 6）增强对影响家庭水质的因素的理解。该项目还旨在开发一种经济高效和公共参与的家庭水质监测方法，以及可以从事未来水质监测工作的社区的启动和识别。