Monetary and Social Rewards for Crowdsourcing
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Background and Hypotheses
3. Method
4. Results
5. Discussion
5.1. Contributions
5.2. Limitations and Future Research
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Mean | Std. Dev. | Min | Max |
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of contributions | 11,249.12 | 29,092.85 | 30 | 100,000 |
Presence of monetary compensation | 0.67 | 0.48 | 0 | 1 |
Amount of monetary compensation | 53,515.15 | 176,032.60 | 0 | 1,000,000 |
Presence of a social benefit | 0.18 | 0.39 | 0 | 1 |
Number of Contributions | Presence of Monetary Compensation | Amount of Monetary Compensation | Presence of a Social Benefit | |
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Number of contributions | 1 | |||
Presence of monetary compensation | 0.24 (0.19) | 1 | ||
Amount of monetary compensation | −0.04 (0.81) | 0.22 (0.22) | 1 | |
Presence of a social benefit | 0.38 (0.02) | 0.00 (1.00) | 0.39 (0.03) | 1 |
OLS Linear Regression Model | |||
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Prob > F | 0.024 | ||
R-squared | 0.274 | ||
Variable | Coefficient | Std. Error | p-value |
Presence of monetary compensation | 18,365.88 | 9897.90 | 0.074 |
Amount of monetary compensation | −0.05 | 0.03 | 0.096 |
Presence of a social benefit | 37,008.35 | 12,816.74 | 0.007 |
Intercept | −5033.34 | 8189.89 | 0.544 |
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