Data validation in citizen science: a case study from Project FeederWatch. Bonter, D., N. & Cooper, C., B. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 10(6):305-307, Eco Soc America, 2012.
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To become more widely accepted as a valuable research tool, citizen-science projects must find ways to ensure that data gathered by large numbers of people with varying levels of expertise are of consistently high quality. Here, we describe a data validation protocol developed for Project FeederWatch, a continent-wide bird monitoring program, that is designed to increase researchers' and participants' confidence in the data being collected. Read More: http://www.esajournals.org/doi/full/10.1890/110273

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