Crowdsourcing platforms such as MTurk and Prolific have emerged as data sources for researchers in the social sciences. This article delves into the past, present, and future use of crowdsourced data in public administration scholarship. Through a review of published articles in top public administration journals (years 2013–2022), we uncover a general growth in the use of crowdsourced data over time. Additionally, we document how researchers have leveraged crowdsourced data to study a diverse range of themes and topics, with particular emphasis on survey experimental approaches and the examination of citizen attitudes and responses. Moreover, drawing on insights from a survey among quantitative public administration researchers, we discuss why the use of crowdsourced data is unlikely to diminish in the foreseeable future—despite ongoing debates regarding data quality and validity. We provide a set of guiding questions for researchers to consider when using crowdsourced data in public administration studies.

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公共行政研究中的众包数据：回顾与展望未来

MTurk 和 Prolific 等众包平台已成为社会科学研究人员的数据源。本文深入探讨了公共管理学术中众包数据的过去、现在和未来的使用。通过对顶级公共管理期刊（2013-2022 年）上发表的文章的回顾，我们发现随着时间的推移，众包数据的使用普遍增长。此外，我们还记录了研究人员如何利用众包数据来研究各种主题和主题，特别强调调查实验方法以及对公民态度和反应的检查。此外，根据对定量公共管理研究人员的调查得出的见解，我们讨论了为什么众包数据的使用在可预见的未来不太可能减少——尽管关于数据质量和有效性的争论仍在继续。我们提供了一系列指导性问题，供研究人员在公共行政研究中使用众包数据时考虑。