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Do Carefully Timed Email Messages Increase Accuracy and Precision in Citizen Scientists’ Reports of Events?

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|Jul 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.464 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 4, 2021
Accepted on: Jun 22, 2022
Published on: Jul 13, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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