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| author | Lugtig, Peter van Kesteren, Erik-Jan Timmers, Annemarie |
| author_facet | Lugtig, Peter van Kesteren, Erik-Jan Timmers, Annemarie |
| contents | Citizen science projects in which volunteers collect data are increasingly popular due to their ability to engage the public with scientific questions. The scientific value of these data are however hampered by several biases. In this paper, we deal with geospatial sampling bias by enriching the volunteer-collected data with geographical covariates, and then using regression-based models to correct for bias. We show that night sky brightness estimates change substantially after correction, and that the corrected inferences better represent an external satellite-derived measure of skyglow. We conclude that geospatial bias correction can greatly increase the scientific value of citizen science projects. |
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| publishDate | 2022 |
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| spellingShingle | Correcting inferences for volunteer-collected data with geospatial sampling bias Lugtig, Peter van Kesteren, Erik-Jan Timmers, Annemarie Applications Methodology Citizen science projects in which volunteers collect data are increasingly popular due to their ability to engage the public with scientific questions. The scientific value of these data are however hampered by several biases. In this paper, we deal with geospatial sampling bias by enriching the volunteer-collected data with geographical covariates, and then using regression-based models to correct for bias. We show that night sky brightness estimates change substantially after correction, and that the corrected inferences better represent an external satellite-derived measure of skyglow. We conclude that geospatial bias correction can greatly increase the scientific value of citizen science projects. |
| title | Correcting inferences for volunteer-collected data with geospatial sampling bias |
| topic | Applications Methodology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.04193 |