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An Experimental Study of Learning in an Online Citizen Science Project: Insights into Study Design and Waitlist Controls Cover

An Experimental Study of Learning in an Online Citizen Science Project: Insights into Study Design and Waitlist Controls

Open Access
|Oct 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.218 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
Language: English
Submitted on: Nov 9, 2018
Accepted on: Aug 2, 2019
Published on: Oct 24, 2019
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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