Aesthetic Ratings of Photos of the Great Barrier Reef for Online Survey (NESP TWQ 3.2.4, JCU)

This dataset presents the raw data obtained from 1415 online and representative Australian that were asked to aesthetically rate 180 photos of typical coral reef landscapes. Mean aesthetic ratings of 180 photos were collected from the survey, as well as from an expert research team, contributing mean ratings of coral reef health, coral cover, coral pattern, coral topography, fish abundance, and visibility.Please note that CSIRO have published a version of this dataset on 29 May 2019, which should be considered the primary source of data information (i.e. citation for data files found on the CSIRO Portal). The published eAtlas version includes files supplied by the project to the eAtlas for publication. The eAtlas version differs in format (RatingsAesthetics.csv - includes the photo mean score) and includes a second spreadsheet containing information not available in the CSIRO version (Ratings-All.csv) which captures each photo's ratings against five factors (coral health, coral cover, coral topography, fish abundance and visibility), as outlined in point two below. The CSIRO version contains the SPSS data extract and codebook (xlsx file), as well as the photo ratings summary (PhotoRatingsInd.xlsx) without the calculated mean.Methods:1. A survey was constructed to collect simple demographic information about each participant, the self-rated level of interest in coral reefs, and aesthetic ratings for each photo on a scale of 1-10 (where 1=extremely unattractive, and 10=extremely attractive). Once an individual agreed to partake in the survey, they were sent a survey with 50 photographs randomly chosen from the pool of 181 photographs. It was noted that the quality of responses could be affected if more than 50 photos were viewed (where 50 photos represented a ten-minute survey). The style of the survey was not dissimilar from very popular online games in which individuals are asked to rank aesthetic preferences of fashion or interior design items. A full list of the images used in the survey is available in Appendix 1 (1-90)A total of 1,417 individuals participated in the study, where each photo was rated at least 380 times on the ten-point scale. Twenty-nine percent of the sample came from Queensland, and 71% were distributed across Australia. Some 62.3% of people came from Metropolitan Australia, whilst 37.7 came from rural/regional Australia. Some 51.4% were female. Participants represented a range of experiences with the Great Barrier Reef, where 7.2% had never visited, and 7.9% did not find coral reefs that interesting. Most participants (99.6%) were not part of a GBR based club or community groups, such as a spear-fishing club. The average age for the sample population was 46.96 (standard error=0.471), and ranged from 16 to 89. 2. We identified 180 underwater coral reef photographs from those that were publicly available (www.gbrmpa.gov.au) or existed in the combined image libraries of the study authors. They represented typical underwater images from the GBR, with a common oblique perspective taken from approximately 5-10 m above a coral substrate. This perspective characterised the image that a person would see as soon as they placed their head beneath the water, and it was similar to the visual perspective used in monitoring surveys conducted by manta-towing at the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Some photos were duplicated and placed randomly, and some were modified using photo editing software to manipulate one feature independent of others, for the purposes of ‘checking’ the consistency and subtleties associated with making aesthetic judgements.Each photo was rated for each of the five factors (on a scale of low, medium, high) by members of the research team with experience in coral reefs; coral health, coral cover, coral topography, fish abundance, and visibility. Given that there were insufficient photos representing abundant fish and poor visibility, a total of 20 photos were manipulated to enhance or de-emphasise certain factors. These photos ensured that we could attribute differences in aesthetic appeal of each photo to at least one of the five factors. The final set of photos represented realistic coral reef images across all five factors, with a greater representation of images containing moderately high coral cover to capture the nuances across the scale of potential ratings and also to aide engagement during online rating sessionsFormat: This dataset consists of two CSV files and two PDF files. The two CSV files contain the data on aesthetic ratings from an online survey, and ratings on reef health and abundance. eAtlas Note: The original files were provided as Excel spreadsheet tables and were converted to CSV files. Photographs and analysis were originally supplied as word document files and have been converted to PDF files.References:Marshall, N.A., Marshall, P.A., and Smith, A.K. (2017) Managing for Aesthetic Values in the Great Barrier Reef: Identifying indicators and linking Reef Aesthetics with Reef Health. Report to the National Environmental Science Programme. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns (102 pp.).Data Location:This dataset is filed in the eAtlas enduring data repository at: eAtlas/nesp3/3.2.4_Defining-assessing-GBR-aesthetics本数据集收录了从1415名具有代表性的澳大利亚在线受访者处获取的原始数据，这些受访者受邀对180张典型珊瑚礁景观照片进行美学评分。本研究通过问卷调查收集了180张照片的平均美学评分，同时也收集了专家研究团队的评分，涵盖珊瑚礁健康度、珊瑚覆盖率、珊瑚形态、珊瑚地形、鱼类丰度以及能见度的平均评分。 请注意，澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织（CSIRO）已于2019年5月29日发布了该数据集的一个版本，该版本应被视为数据信息的主要来源（即可在CSIRO门户网站引用对应的数据文件）。已发布的eAtlas版本包含本项目提交至eAtlas用于公开的文件。该eAtlas版本在格式上有所不同（RatingsAesthetics.csv包含照片平均得分），且额外包含了一个第二电子表格（Ratings-All.csv），其中收录了每张照片在五项因素上的评分，具体为珊瑚健康度、珊瑚覆盖率、珊瑚地形、鱼类丰度与能见度，详见下文第2点。CSIRO版本则包含SPSS数据提取文件与代码簿（xlsx格式文件），以及未包含计算所得平均值的照片评分汇总表（PhotoRatingsInd.xlsx）。 1. 本研究构建了一份调查问卷，用于收集每位受访者的基本人口统计学信息、自我报告的珊瑚礁兴趣程度，以及以1-10分制对每张照片进行美学评分（其中1分代表极不美观，10分代表极具吸引力）。当受访者同意参与调查后，系统会向其发送一份包含50张随机选自181张照片库的问卷。研究注意到，若查看的照片数量超过50张，回答质量可能会受到影响（50张照片对应约十分钟的问卷时长）。该问卷的形式与广受欢迎的在线游戏颇为相似，这类游戏会邀请用户对时尚或室内设计物品的美学偏好进行排序。本调查所用的全部图像清单详见附录1（1-90）。 共有1417名个体参与了本研究，每张照片在十分制评分体系下的有效评分次数均不少于380次。样本中有29%来自昆士兰州，71%分布于澳大利亚其他地区。约62.3%的受访者来自澳大利亚大都会地区，37.7%来自乡村/区域地区。受访者中51.4%为女性。样本涵盖了大堡礁（Great Barrier Reef）的各类到访经历，其中7.2%的受访者从未到访过大堡礁，7.9%的受访者认为珊瑚礁并非有趣的景观。绝大多数受访者（99.6%）未参与任何基于大堡礁的俱乐部或社区团体，例如渔猎俱乐部。样本群体的平均年龄为46.96岁（标准误=0.471），年龄跨度为16岁至89岁。 2. 研究团队从公开渠道（www.gbrmpa.gov.au）或本研究作者的联合图像库中筛选出180张水下珊瑚礁照片，这些照片均为典型的大堡礁水下图像，采用常见的斜摄视角，拍摄高度约为珊瑚基质上方5-10米。该视角模拟了人们将头部浸入水中后即刻看到的景象，与澳大利亚海洋科学研究所（Australian Institute of Marine Science）采用的拖曳式蝠鲼监测调查所用的视觉视角一致。部分照片被复制并随机放置，还有部分照片通过图像编辑软件对单一特征进行独立调整，用于校验美学判断的一致性与细微差异。 研究团队中具备珊瑚礁相关研究经验的成员，针对每张照片的五项因素（采用低、中、高三档评分）进行评分，分别为珊瑚健康度、珊瑚覆盖率、珊瑚地形、鱼类丰度与能见度。鉴于代表鱼类丰富度高与能见度差的照片数量不足，研究团队共调整了20张照片，以强化或弱化部分因素的表现。这些调整后的照片确保了我们能够将每张照片的美学吸引力差异归因于至少一项五项因素中的一项。最终的照片集合涵盖了所有五项因素下的真实珊瑚礁图像，其中中等偏高珊瑚覆盖率的图像占比更高，以捕捉潜在评分区间内的细微差异，同时提升在线评分环节的参与度。 数据格式：本数据集包含两个CSV文件与两个PDF文件。两个CSV文件分别收录了在线调查的美学评分数据，以及珊瑚礁健康度与丰度评分。eAtlas备注：原始文件以电子表格格式提供，现已转换为CSV文件。照片与分析内容最初以Word文档格式提供，现已转换为PDF文件。 参考文献：Marshall, N.A.、Marshall, P.A. 与 Smith, A.K.（2017）《大堡礁美学价值管理：识别指标并关联珊瑚礁美学与健康状况》，提交给国家环境科学计划的报告。凯恩斯：珊瑚礁与雨林研究中心有限公司（102页）。 数据存储位置：本数据集存储于eAtlas永久数据存储库中，路径为：eAtlas/nesp3/3.2.4_Defining-assessing-GBR-aesthetics