This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 824603. @ACTION4CS #ACTION4CS https://actionproject.eu Participant motivation to engage in a citizen science campaign: the case of the TESS network Gloria Re Calegari (Cefriel - gloria.re@cefriel.com), Irene Celino (Cefriel - irene.celino@cefriel.com), Mario Scrocca (Cefriel - mario.scrocca@cefriel.com), Jaime Zamorano (UCM - jzamorano@fis.ucm.es), Esteban González Guardia (UPM - egonzalez@fi.upm.es) The contents of the poster reflects the author’s views. The European Commission is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. Survey design • define the research question • define investigated factors • formulate questions • set-up the questionnaire • test the survey with some user Survey administration • identify list of respondents • send survey • re-solicit responses, if necessary Collect & Process survey responses • monitor answer collection • export data • process data Interpret & Share survey results • draw insights from result analysis • anonymizing data if needed • select suitable open licenses • openly publish research results (e.g. as research objects) Research question Collect & Process survey results Survey administration Link of the survey sent by email to 120 people hosting photometers. One reminder after a week from the initial sending. 83/120 volunteers answered the survey (69%) 2 Survey design Selection of investigated factors • Reference methodology inspired by the Schwartz Theory of Basic Values1 • 10 motivating factors related to instinsic motivation that may influence CS global motivation (self-direction, stimulation, hedonism, achievement, power, conformity, benevolence, universalism, routine and belongingness) Questions formulation • 2 closed questions for each motivating factor (answers values from 1 to 5) • 1 closed question for global motivation (answers values from 1 to 5) • 1 open question for free text motivation • 10 questions for demographics and data usage Total: 32 questions TESS network initiative aims to collect sky brightness measurements through sensors to fight light pollution Telescope Encoder and Sky Sensor (TESS-W) photometer is a compact and inexpensive device developed under STARS4ALL project by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid As of today, 200+ TESS photometer hosted by 120 people in Asia, Africa, North and South America, Europe and Australia (sensors displayed on this map https://tess.dashboards.stars4all.eu/) Citizen Scientists mainly involved in data collection task. No monetary rewards for participants. Interpret & Share survey results The survey structure, the collected answers and the analysis of correlation are openly available in RDF and CSV formats on Zenodo https://zenodo.org/record/3739058#.XxcK1udS9PY. Reproducibility and Open Science. This survey can be reused to study motivation in other CS communities. Contact us to have support on this! The TESS Network community Demographic In your own word, which is the main motivation why you decided to host a photometer? How much are you motivated in participating to the TESS Network? Global motivation Motivating factors 85% are male, 70% of volunteers are older than 45 years old Which of the following categories identifies you the most? What are you using (or planning to use) the data provided by your photometer for? 75% interested in downloading, exploring or using data collected from all the sensors installed, but only 30% has evidence about data usage by researchers. Learning about the project discoveries has in itself been framed as a reward. Increasing the sharing of the results can be an added value for the community. Factor Mean Answers Correlation with global motivation Questions Self-direction 4,43 0.491*** want to learn interested in topics Benevolence 4,42 0.62*** good thing to do contribute and help the scientific research Universalism 4,33 0.672***