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Community science involves professional scientists collaborating with members of the public to study a topic. This approach to research can promote community engagement by offering insight into the daily life of a scientist. It's also very effective because it greatly increases the amount of data that can be collected, such as when biologist Abbigail Merrill and colleagues studied butterfly size and its relation to behavior and used findings reported by hundreds of students and community members in northwestern Arkansas.

Abbigail Merrill and colleagues used a community science approach in their butterfly research and were surprised at the effect this had on public understanding of the nature of scientists' work.

A community science approach can increase public understanding of the nature of scientists' work and generate large amounts of data, benefiting both communities and researchers.

A community science approach can benefit communities by increasing public understanding of the nature of scientists' work, but it's less likely to help researchers obtain accurate data.

A community science approach allows researchers to collect significantly more data even though it's unlikely to have much of an effect on public understanding of the nature of scientists' work.