Rock Climber Motivations for Bat Conservation Citizen Science

28 semi-structured interviews and 11 Q-methodology surveys trace motivational pathways for rock climbers reporting bat evidence. The dataset, authored by Emily Gross and last updated in May 2026, likely contains qualitative and quantitative data from a mixed-methods study. It identifies five motivational pathways, including ecological, science, community, access, and incentive-based drivers.

Use Cases

• Analyzing values-based versus incentive-based motivations for participation based on the identified motivational pathways.
• Designing targeted recruitment messaging for citizen science based on the five motivational pathways (ecological, science, community, access, incentive).
• Studying the role of specialized recreation communities in wildlife monitoring based on the rock climber participant group.

Strengths

• Mixed-methods design combining qualitative interviews (n=28) and quantitative Q-methodology (n=11).
• Identifies five distinct motivational pathways for citizen science participation.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Dataset size is 1001.7 KB, indicating a limited scope of data.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Emily Gross

Collection Method

Mixed-methods design employing semi-structured interviews, member-checking workshops, and Q-methodology.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 11:27:04