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    Is citizen science worth it? Economic decision making of natural resource managers

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    Abstract
    Citizen science, or public participation in scientific research, is often used by natural resource management agencies for monitoring. Citizen science has been studied for its effects on volunteer education, community engagement, data rigor, and cost savings. This thesis researches the cost savings of citizen science projects by comparing three citizen science projects to equivalent professional projects, and by analyzing the methodology of implementation of three citizen science case studies. It found that the citizen science projects studied are not notably cheaper than their professional ...
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    Author(s)
    Fauver, Brian M., author; Bruyere, Brett, advisor; Newman, Gregory, committee member; Bright, Alan, committee member

    Date Issued
    2016
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    born digital; masters theses
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