Data collection is the process of gathering and measuring information used for research. Collecting data is one of the most important steps in the research process, and is part of all disciplines ...

The practice is called community, citizen or participatory science, and it involves data collected from non-scientists that’s passed along to researchers who use their expertise to study and understan ...

Staffing cuts and a federal government shutdown are stretching scientists’ ability to make valuable hurricane observations.

The Education Department recently requested ideas on how to “modernize” the data collection and education research funding ...

But last month, a glimmer of hope emerged when the department asked the public how it could improve IES, as the research arm ...