Minimizes the cost of communication for the requester. The goal is to reduce the effort that they need to put into the task.


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1. General Questions 
2. Specific Questions 
3. Free form Comment and edit 
4. Highlight strength and weaknesses 
5. Main Problem identification

Examined Methods (Communicating Context to the Crowd for Complex Writing Tasks)

Salehi, N., Teevan, J., Iqbal, S., Kamar, E., (2017) Communicating Context to the Crowd for Complex Writing Tasks. Stanford University, Microsoft Research. 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2998181.2998332

Communicating Context to the Crowd for Complex Writing Tasks 

Questions about the content of the paragraph and often asked for more information or for clarification.


Specific Questions (Communicating Context to the Crowd for Complex Writing Tasks)

1. Very difficult for crowd workers to author good clarification questions for the requester without guidance.
2. General questions were those that could be asked about any paragraph regardless of the topic


General Questions (Communicating Context to the Crowd for Complex Writing Tasks)

This form of communication is linked to tangible text, making it easier to communicate about complicated matters effectively. 


Free Form Comment and edit (Communicating Context to the Crowd for Complex Writing Tasks)

The requester only spends time on the main issue that requires attention.
Successful at creating a structure that reduced overhead for the requester.


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