citizen-science
Amateur collaborative research
Citizen-science is research conducted wholly or partly by amateur volunteers rather than professional scientists.
Participants might count birds, monitor water quality, or classify galaxies from telescope images: The citizen-science project recruited thousands to track monarch butterfly migration.
The approach generates data at scales impossible for small research teams while engaging the public in scientific inquiry.
Unpaid willing participant
- amateurNonprofessional participant
- enthusiastArdent admirer of something
- hobbyistRecreational pursuer of interests
- contributorOne who provides something
participant · crowdsourcing · observation · monitoring · community · grassroots · outreach · engagement
Range of life forms
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- naturalistStudent of nature
- ornithologyScientific study of birds
- entomologyStudy of insects
phenology · ecology · wildlife · habitat · migration · population · ecosystem
Formal procedural framework
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- dataFacts for analysis
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- observationAttentive watching or remark
fieldwork · experimentation · empirical · investigation · publication · findings · quantitative · qualitative
Science of celestial objects
- meteorologyStudy of atmospheric phenomena
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
- geologyStudy of Earth's composition
- botanyScience of flora
mycology · seismology · hydrology · climatology · acoustics
Conclusion from investigation
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- identificationEstablishing who someone is
- detectionAct of finding something
sighting · anomaly · phenomenon · insight · novelty · unveiling · documentation · reporting
volunteer
Unpaid willing participant
- amateurNonprofessional participant
- enthusiastArdent admirer of something
- hobbyistRecreational pursuer of interests
contributor · participant · crowdsourcing · observation · monitoring · community · grassroots · outreach · engagement · involvement
biodiversity
Range of life forms
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- naturalistStudent of nature
- ornithologyScientific study of birds
entomology · phenology · ecology · wildlife · habitat · migration · population · ecosystem
methodology
Formal procedural framework
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- dataFacts for analysis
- analysisMethodical study of parts
observation · fieldwork · experimentation · empirical · investigation · publication · findings · quantitative · qualitative · statistics
astronomy
Science of celestial objects
- meteorologyStudy of atmospheric phenomena
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
- geologyStudy of Earth's composition
botany · mycology · seismology · hydrology · climatology · acoustics
finding
Conclusion from investigation
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- identificationEstablishing who someone is
detection · sighting · anomaly · phenomenon · insight · novelty · unveiling · documentation · reporting · pattern
citizen-scienceclassified research
Investigation with restricted access
citizen-sciencelaboratory research
Controlled scientific experimentation
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