Hecht Julie, Spicer Rice Eleanor
Julie Hecht, Department of Psychology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Eleanor Spicer Rice, Verdant Word, 304 Brooks Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
Behav Processes. 2015 Jan;110:125-32. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.10.014. Epub 2014 Nov 4.
Researchers increasingly rely on members of the public to contribute to scientific projects-from collecting or identifying, to analyzing and disseminating data. The "citizen science" model proves useful to many thematically distinctive fields, like ornithology, astronomy, and phenology. The recent formalization of citizen science projects addresses technical issues related to volunteer participation--like data quality--so that citizen scientists can make longstanding, meaningful contributions to scientific projects. Since the late 1990s, canine science research has relied with greater frequency on the participation of the general public, particularly dog owners. These researchers do not typically consider the methods and technical issues that those conducting citizen science projects embrace and continue to investigate. As more canine science studies rely on public input, an in-depth knowledge of the benefits and challenges of citizen science can help produce relevant, high-quality data while increasing the general public's understanding of canine behavior and cognition as well as the scientific process. We examine the benefits and challenges of current citizen science models in an effort to enhance canine citizen science project preparation, execution, and dissemination. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Canine Behavior.
研究人员越来越依赖公众参与科学项目——从数据收集、识别到分析和传播。“公民科学”模式在许多主题各异的领域，如鸟类学、天文学和物候学中都被证明是有用的。公民科学项目最近的正规化解决了与志愿者参与相关的技术问题——比如数据质量——以便公民科学家能够为科学项目做出长期、有意义的贡献。自20世纪90年代末以来，犬类科学研究越来越频繁地依赖普通公众的参与，尤其是狗主人。这些研究人员通常不会考虑那些开展公民科学项目的人所采用并持续研究的方法和技术问题。随着越来越多的犬类科学研究依赖公众的投入，深入了解公民科学的益处和挑战有助于产生相关的高质量数据，同时增进公众对犬类行为和认知以及科学过程的理解。我们研究了当前公民科学模式的益处和挑战，以期加强犬类公民科学项目的准备、实施和传播。本文是名为“犬类行为”的特刊的一部分。
