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Blog Post 8: Table

I created a table using the data that I had collected. I did not have any difficulty in organizing my data as it was relatively simple and it was originally…

Post 7: Theoretical Perspectives

For my research project, I’m exploring how flower colour influences bee behaviour, specifically looking at how the number of bee visits changes based on the colour of the flower. This…

Post 8: Tables and Graphs

I created a bag graph depicting the mean number of bee visits, the response variable on the y-axis, to 4 different flower colours (purple, pink, yellow and white), the predictor…

Blog post 7: Theoretical Perspectives

Blog post 7: Theoretical Perspectives My research explores the relationship between the abundance of Athyrium filix-femina (lady fern) and soil moisture at Pierard Creek in North Vancouver. In my study,…

Ongoing Field Observations

Blog Post 3: Ongoing Field Observations Organism of Study: I am studying how different areas in my backyard affect the density of bird species during the fall and winter months…

Tables and Graphs – Jessica Livingston

I created a table which included Shannon’s diversity index, species density (measured as plants per square foot), and frequency (as a percentage) for both the overstory and shrubstory. The challenges…

Final Thoughts

Carrying out this project has been a bit of an eye-opening experience. I figured that my project would be relatively simple, and to a degree it was – just monitoring…

Effect of Human Activity on Squirrel’s Abundance

For the initial data collection, a simple random sampling strategy was used when observing squirrel behaviour in Central Park, Burnaby. Initially, I thought it would be difficult to do the…

Charts and Data

Organizing my data wasn’t terribly difficult as the data I collected is relatively straightforward, but I was surprised at how few weeds grew in the areas of medium and high…

Tree Species at Snyder-Middleswarth Natural Area

Tree Species at Snyder-Middleswarth Natural Area. Out of the three techniques Systematic sampling is the most efficient in terms of time spent sampling compared to the other two, at 12…