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Citizen science

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Definition Citizen science is scientific research conducted partly or entirely by amateur scientists. Citizen science can also serve official information. Citizen scientists can participate in research in many ways. For example, they can collect, classify or analyse data needed for a study. In responsible citizen science, it is important that the people are not the subjects of the research but the authors of it. There is no need to be a trained scientist to participate in research. Citizen science can also be referred to as community science, crowd-sourced science or volunteer monitoring. Citizen science requirements:

1. Citizen scientists are involved at least at one stage of the research.
2. Citizen scientists are not the subjects of the research but the authors of it.
3. Research must usually be led by a trained researcher.

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Citizen science is scientific research conducted partly or entirely by amateur scientists. Citizen science can also serve official information. Citizen scientists can participate in research in many ways. For example, they can collect, classify or analyse data needed for a study. In responsible citizen science, it is important that the people are not the subjects of the research but the authors of it. There is no need to be a trained scientist to participate in research. Citizen science can also be referred to as community science, crowd-sourced science or volunteer monitoring. Citizen science requirements:

1. Citizen scientists are involved at least at one stage of the research.
2. Citizen scientists are not the subjects of the research but the authors of it.
3. Research must usually be led by a trained researcher.