Producing knowledge by admitting ignorance: Enhancing data quality through an “I don’t know” option in citizen science

• Marina Torre ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Marina Torre, Shinnosuke Nakayama

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

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• Shinnosuke Nakayama ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Marina Torre, Shinnosuke Nakayama

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

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• Tyrone J. Tolbert,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

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• Maurizio Porfiri

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mporfiri@nyu.edu

  Affiliations Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1480-3539

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