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Data Analysis

Analysis of what was actually done, synthesis of information

Understand the whole of the experiment and background

Understand the techniques and why those, what those techniques measure

Big picture of the results (filter out details, go for larger, more important trends)

Write a few words summarizing each paragraph or part of a picture (scratch before writing sentences)

Only make conclusions from what was measured

Some experiments are descriptive not experimental

Hypothesis:

Broad

No approach

The authors hypothesized…

Biological system, not the experiment

Always true of physiology (maybe include context or constraints)

• Reasonably specific

Approach:

Past tense

Check out caption (reword it)

Do not just lift the science bits

Do not add own information (or at least say “I assume…”)

Include what was manipulated, if anything

• Include what was measured

Results:

Also past tense

Not so numbery, not lists (summarize trends in meaningful ways)

Mention comparisons with statistics and magnitudes and ranges

• Descriptive (even if experimental)

Conclusions:

Present tense

May limit scope (only in some context)

Not results although results supporting the conclusion could be included (explicitly say something “the result that X, supports the conclusion Y because…)

• When you finish writing your conclusion, double check alignment with hypothesis (or wait to write the hypothesis last)