ABI 198 Section B: R You Ready for Data Analysis?!

Great job everyone for cleaning up the data and working hard on R today! We're in the final stretch of this class and in writing our manuscript.

Meeting minutes (5/28):

10:00 am - Met at Briggs 122

10:10 am - Separate into respective groups

  • Group 1: Continue taking bark samples
  • Group 2: Continue taking acorn samples
  • Group 3: Continue inputting data on Google Sheets
  • Groups 4: Input neighbourhood analysis onto its own Google Sheet

10:50 am - Group discussion

11:15 am - Begin cleaning up data (n/a -> NA; empty -> absent)

12:10 pm - Lunch break (also merged the entire master sheet into one)

12:30 pm - Working on R

1:50 pm - Class ended

What we did:

We mainly spent half of our time working on data analysis in R. Prior to that, we discussed what we wanted to analyze and what kind of models would work best (ANOVA, linear regression, etc.) We had lots of great questions/ideas! Some people wanted to look at bark density with hole size, cardinal direction vs. number of holes, preference for bark thickness depending on the number of holes, and looking at acorn size with tree preference. We learned that there are a lot of models and ways to "cut" the data depending on what we are looking at and ways to rearrange our data but don't fret, Marshall and Crystal are here to help!


What to do by Friday:

Continue working on your data as much as you can and come prepared with any questions/challenges you have + any figures you want to make as we only have limited time to ask Marshall and Crystal for help. 

P.S. Don't be afraid to also use ChatGPT as a resource!

Friday's Meeting:

12:10 pm - Meet at Briggs 122

12:15 pm - Begin discussion (questions + interesting findings)

12:25 pm - Work on R

2:00 pm - End class

Extra: Some worms Taylor and I found in the acorn bags! 🪱



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