Crowdsourcing: a modern tool for robust research sampling
Authors: JS Michel, G Sawhney, GP Watson
Published: 2025
Publication: How to Conduct and ..., 2025 - elgaronline.com
Crowdsourcing is a versatile tool leveraging collective intelligence for efficient task completion and has applications across various fields including decentralized finance, blockchain technologies, and IO Psychology research and practice.
Methods: The paper discusses the theoretical and practical applications of crowdsourcing in various domains, referencing prior work and examples such as Wikipedia, crowdfunding platforms, and blockchain networks.
Key Findings: The applications and impact of crowdsourcing in different fields, particularly its role in Industrial-Organizational Psychology for data collection and analysis.
Limitations: The abstract lacks specific experimental or empirical evidence and does not address potential challenges of crowdsourcing, such as reliability, bias, or scalability issues.
Institution: Auburn University
Research Area: Crowdsourcing, Research Methods, Social Science
Discipline: Social Science
Citations: 1