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The video discusses the role of the Lake Stewards of Maine in training citizen scientists to monitor water quality and aquatic plants. It emphasizes the importance of training to ensure data accuracy comparable to professional standards. The video also highlights the need to minimize bias in data collection, encouraging proper training to achieve reliable results.

What is the primary focus of the Lake Stewards of Maine?

• Assessing water quality and identifying invasive plants

• Building boats

• Monitoring air quality

• Training people to fish

Why is training important for citizen scientists?

• To build scientific equipment

• To compete with other scientists

• To learn how to swim

• To ensure data is as useful as professional data

What is a key goal in scientific data collection?

• Ignoring bias

• Minimizing bias

• Enhancing bias

• Maximizing bias

How can bias be minimized in lake monitoring?

• By competing with others

• By ignoring data

• By training people properly

• By using different tools

What should be avoided to ensure accurate lake monitoring results?

• Collaborating with others

• Using multiple tools

• Recording data frequently

• Projecting personal desires onto data