Some communities facing environmental health concerns start a research project to document and build accountability -- producing data that can be used in advocacy, regulatory action and more. For an in-depth guide to planning out an environmental monitoring study, see this page: https://publiclab.org/wiki/start-enviro-monitor-study The guide touches on topics like: * Determining the Question at Hand * Researcher Resources * Geographic Scope * Types of Samples * Sampling Methods * Data Storage * Interpreting Data * Data Advocacy ## Questions [questions:study-design] **** More on study design: [notes:study-design] ...
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| warren | "I'm going to order a couple of these fans to test this out: $11 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RT95Z1Y/ " | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| warren | "Yes, and the aromatic baby powder is nice because you can smell it. Great idea. We're going to try prototyping this activity soon. With 3+ sensors,..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| mimiss | "I love the idea of using cocoa powder or powdered sugar to model this (out doors of course!). " | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| crispinpierce | "@Warren I think this is an interesting way to show movement of fog droplets (10-20 um diameter, https://images.slideplayer.com/13/4090314/slides/sl..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| warren | "This is a cool idea esp. the site-planning with "buildings" or air barriers. I heard a good comment about this on Instagram too, where i'd posted -..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| silentsairam | "Great @warren : My responses, 1. planning the placement of sensors on a site: a) The site can be Indoor places(schools, office or outside space, ..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| mimiss | "This could be a great way to plan where to put your Simple Air sensor! You could build a mini model of the area you'd like to study with something ..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| crispinpierce | "Hi Jeff (@Warren), I think these transitions are governed by cost, convenience and accuracy. As you know, we're moving in the opposite direction, h..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| nanocastro | "hi @warren I really like your setup... it remind me of these cool projects of visualization by Nerea Calvillo http://intheair.es/tools/physical-pro..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| warren | "@molangmuir10 @sadieprego @zengirl2 @nanocastro @mimiss I thought you might be interested in this! " | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| warren | "@crispinpierce @OrionAllgaier I was thinking of how people may bridge from a Simple Air Sensor (or similar) to a Purple Air (#purple-air) or even a..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| warren | "I've just collected a bunch of resources (a lot, but by no means comprehensive) at this topic page: https://publiclab.org/study-design Hope that h..." | Read more » | about 5 years ago | |||
| warren | " I've just collected a bunch of resources (a lot, but by no means comprehensive) at this topic page: https://publiclab.org/study-design Hope that ..." | Read more » | about 5 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "sylvan, That sounds good. It's definitely easier to help someone articulate a question than to defend the results of a scientific study. Designing..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| sylvan | "Thanks, Chris. I agree with what you've said. I can't imagine a tool that supports valid scientific arguments without the support of experts either..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| cfastie | ""People who use these tools do not need to understand research protocols or statistics in order to create scientifically-valid arguments." I am co..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| niklasjordan | "Wow... Thanks so much @cfastie! It helps me so much... Thanks for taking the time to answer my question in such detail. " | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "That’s a great question, but it is a little bit like asking “How do you cook a good meal?” There are lots of different kinds of good meals, and lis..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Well, comment sections are great for deep discussion, no problems there. I just think for example some of the questions here could also be broken o..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| zengirl2 | "@warren probably wise since this has continued down the page. :) Best way to do that? " | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi, all -- just wanted to chip in with the idea that some of these discussions could be split out into new posts... what do you think? Like a few d..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| pdhixenbaugh | "Hey sorry for being so late to the discussion here! I recently moved to a place where indoor air quality is a more pressing issue. I have a few que..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| zengirl2 | "@nshapiro Wow, clearly I need to look at Kickstarter more often. I'm pretty stumped about the soil and how they passed air so readily through that...." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| nshapiro | "also they have an IAQ monitor installed... but its not clear to me what exactly they are monitoring... and what its detection limits are. " | Read more » | almost 7 years ago |