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Biological Imaging:
Day 4 - Pooling, Organizing, and Analyzing Your Data.
Learning Objective:
Today you will learn how to pool your data and
organize it by making a chart. You will then
analyze your data from the chart you have
made.
Scientific Methodology:
Pooling your data Have someone
collect the data from everyone who measured an
eye. Express the importance of
reproducibility. Explain how the credibility of
results increases with the amount of accurate data
you have and how it increases even more with the
amount of data others have that support your
findings.
Organizing your data Organize
your data by making a chart. Plot your data in
the chart provided.
Analyzing your data Analyze
the chart. Is it easier to see the growth of the
eye over time by looking at your chart than by
looking at the montage you created in NIH image?
Why or why not? Do the results seen on the chart
confirm your predictions? How do they differ?
Can you explain why they differ? Are your
results supported or contradicted by the results
of other groups doing the same experiment? Does
this make your findings more or less believable?
Can you come up with possible explanations for
the few stray values that occur along the growth
curve?
Activities:
- First thing you will need to do today is to
write down your initial hypotheses.
- Next you will need to collect data from everyone who
measured an eye.
- Plot your data on the chart provided.
- Now write down your initial analyses.
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