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Citizen science and statistics: Playing a part
Author(s) -
Bain Robert
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2016.00877.x
Subject(s) - citizen science , work (physics) , computer science , data science , cover (algebra) , range (aeronautics) , scale (ratio) , operations research , engineering , geography , mechanical engineering , botany , cartography , biology , aerospace engineering
“Citizen science” has empowered amateurs and enthusiasts to get involved in a wide range of research projects, helping to collect and analyse data on a massively distributed scale. But project leads still need to ensure their work remains statistically robust. Robert Bain reports