3) Project Planning

Learning Goals

By completing this section, you will be able to:

• Reflect on the value of the planning process and the limits of plans;
• Create a project plan of your community science project by identifying research questions, methods, study participants, analysis methods, roles, and a time line;
  
• Know the basic tenets of conducting ethical research, especially the use of informed consent, and data privacy

Developing a research question

Selecting and adapting community science methods

Identifying the appropriate methods for your community science project is an important step that takes some more time.
The video below gives you only a short introduction to research methods. 

Please visit the unit on Research Methods to help you get to know, practice, identify and develop research methods for your project.

Identifying study participants

Community science research ethics

Communicating your study

Timeline, roles, and responsibilities

Reflection on this unit