Visualization and perception of data gaps in the context of Citizen Science projects: Gradation of Reporting Activity

Online experiment about the influence of different numbers of levels of representation of reporting activity (total number of reports for all birds in the given time span and region) on proportion of correct responses and subjective evaluation of the task (NASA-TLX). Effects of representation with three (3) levels and effects of representation with five (5) levels are investigated. Two groups of members of ornitho.de were tested: experts - persons with access to database (more than 10 reports per month in average) and novices - persons without access to database (less than 10 reports per month in average). Two different tasks were given. The evaluation of statements on a map and the selection of grid fields that met a given requirement.