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Citizen Science: Can Volunteers Do Real Research?

Also passed out at our meeting last week, I think this is a great article to take researchers into account. The paper presents an article for how volunteers are beneficial in a project, could be great in utilizing when reaching out to potential projects

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Citizen Science Research Papers

This is a collection of citizen science research papers and their significance to these five points: 1. Definition of citizen science 2. Who participates in citizen science and the demographics of those participants 3. Participant’s motivation to get involved in the online sites 4. Citizen Science project best practices, what makes a good site 5. What are good rewards and motivations for users and researchers, what are the demographics of people who participate in pattern spotting type activities in areas other than citizen science

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