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Quantitative Data

This document provides instructions for quantitatively analyzing data from an experiment. It describes including a data table with units and uncertainties, performing statistical tests and calculations, creating a graph with a line of best fit and error bars, and writing a conclusion that connects to the hypothesis and discusses trends and validity.

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Quantitative Data

This document provides instructions for quantitatively analyzing data from an experiment. It describes including a data table with units and uncertainties, performing statistical tests and calculations, creating a graph with a line of best fit and error bars, and writing a conclusion that connects to the hypothesis and discusses trends and validity.

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Quantitative Data:

Refer to the data table as Table # and include a caption identifying the relationship between the
IV and DV. Make sure to include relevant units and uncertainties in the column headings.

DV (including units and uncertainties)


IV (units and uncertainties) Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 4 Trial 5 Average STDEV
(variation 1 - control
group)
(baseline for comparison)
(variation 2)
(variation 3)
(variation 4)
(variation 5)
Correlation Coefficient

Data Processing:

 Carrying out Data Processing, like the examples above, will make your data more
meaningful and help you formulate a valid Conclusion and respond to your Research
Question/Problem Statement.

 Therefore, you will need to include an appropriate statistical test to prove or disprove your
null hypothesis.

To help you determine the correct statistical test use the following flow chart:
 Include sample calculations of any math that YOU do. For instance, when calculating
Average (or possibly percent change), show your work for Variation 1 - Control Group. If you
use a calculator or spreadsheet to calculate the Standard Deviation, a Chi-squared value or
Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient, provide a brief description of how you carried out the
calculation on the relevant device.

Graph:
 Prepare a graph that provides a clear visual representation of the data.
 The IV always goes on the x axis and the DV always goes on the y axis.
 A scatter plot of all data or just the averages could be effective. Build the graph so patterns
and/or trends in the data become visible (easy to see). This means including a “line of best
fit” (regression line).
 Include error bars that indicate standard deviation to outline the variation of the data (only
when graphing averages). This is likely not relevant in a Data Analysis investigation.
 Make sure the graph is fully labeled (title, axes labels, scaled axes, key/legend and units)
and that a key has been included to identify error bars.

Conclusion:

 Connect to the Hypothesis – Was it supported or rejected?


 Make a concluding statement related to the Problem – Use actual data to support the
statement.
 Briefly explain the Data – Provide reasons why the data is what it is and why it connects to
the concluding statement. Provide references from other related studies to support your
findings and use in-text citations for your sources.
 Identify and discuss any trends (patterns) or strange results that you see in the data. Get
further into analyzing the data than you did in the Conclusion. While the Conclusion is
concise, the Discussion is your chance to examine the issues more deeply.
 Evaluate the data and the validity of the Conclusion. This is where your statistical analysis
will support whether or not the Conclusion is reliable. Consider whether measurement
uncertainty means that data points are statistically different or whether the uncertainty
means they are all essentially the same (do the error bars overlap). What relevance does
the statistical analysis have (does the trend line go through all data points/ error bars)? How
valid is the Conclusion?
Connect to relevant research from peer-reviewed journal articles and use in-text citations.

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