Category: Post 5: Design Reflections
Design Reflections
For my initial data collection, it was easy to measure my response variable of bird diversity. Since this was done by conducting the surveys from points already selected prior to…
Design reflection
For my research project, I am studying the effect of habitat quality (presence or absence of fruit/nut trees) on squirrel population. I chose this topic because during my visit I…
Design Reflections – Chickadee Behavior
For my research project, I am studying the feeding behavior or chickadees. I first became interested in this topic as chickadees would come ‘dive’ at me during my walks at…
Post 5: Design Reflections- I found something better
There were a lot fewer mushrooms than I expected so I’m going to need to investigate something different. I also found that my 100 cm by 100 cm quadrat was…
Blog Post 5: Design Reflections
I am studying bird species in a local marsh and the impact on birds from nearby human environments, therefore for my data collection method I went with point count stations….
Shifting Gears: Energy levels and Density Gradient of Salal
The initial data collection showed some flaws in my strategy, and in my understanding. In noticing the relationship between the distance from the river and the gradient of biomass coverage…
Post 5: Design Reflections after Field Sampling
After reading through the sampling design tutorial and sampling the virtual forest, I had a better idea of what it was that I was sampling and how to go about…
Blog Post 5: Desgin Reflections
I am researching the American Coot and I initially wasn’t too sure what the sampling strategy should be since I wasn’t 100% on the hypothesis. After collecting my data, I…
Post 5 design reflections
For my project, I am studying the effect of competition for sunlight on the height of trees. For this study, I am looking specifically at the way competition for sunlight…