{"id":142,"date":"2017-06-02T10:31:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T10:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efolio.soton.ac.uk\/blog\/discoverneuroscience\/?page_id=142"},"modified":"2019-03-14T13:56:12","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T13:56:12","slug":"step-4-page-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoverneuroscience\/for-students\/project-guide\/step-4-communicating-your-project\/step-4-page-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Step 4 Page 2 &#8211; Stats and Laying Data Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you are collecting, analysing, or presenting your results, it is very important to plan ahead and consider the differences between types of <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span> and how they can laid out. It needs to be in the clearest way possible so that people who haven&#8217;t done your project understand your results easily.<\/p>\n<h2>Stats and Types of <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Broadly speaking <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span> can be one of two types, quantitative or qualitative. It is important to understand the distinction between these types of <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span>, and this will guide your research methods and play an important role when you come to analyse your <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quantitative <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span><\/strong> uses numerical <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span> or <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span> that can be transformed into usable statistics. This can help to quantify variables, such as the frequency of a behaviour or number of offspring, and is usually used on a large scale so that lots of <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span> can be collected and analysed. Using this <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span> can then help to uncover patterns thanks to statistical testing. Typically, quantitative <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span> can be collected using surveys or questionnaires, although with non-human subjects <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span> can be collected by observing how often a phenomenon occurs. This type of <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span> is very common in <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips8'>Neuroscience<\/span> research.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Qualitative <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>is often rich in detail, and this is because it is typically recorded in verbal or written passages. This makes variables hard to quantify and makes statistical testing. Nonetheless, qualitative <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span> offers insight in a level of detail that some statistics may not be able to express, such as the way an animal has mutated. Due to this, qualitative <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span> plays an important role in forming theories, and can help to investigate the deeper processes beyond the <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span>. This type of <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span> may be less common in <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips8'>Neuroscience<\/span> research when studying non-human subjects such as nematodes.<\/p>\n<h2>Laying <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span> Out<\/h2>\n<p>There are lots of different ways to present <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span>, and some methods are presented below for quantitative <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-13\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"13\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoverneuroscience\/for-students\/project-guide\/step-4-communicating-your-project\/step-4-page-1\/\">\u2190Go back to Step 4 Page 1 &#8211; Academic posters<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoverneuroscience\/for-students\/project-guide\/step-4-communicating-your-project\/step-4-page-3\/\">Go to Step 4 Page 3 &#8211; Giving a Good Presentation\u2192<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips3','The part of the nervous system responsible for control of the bodily functions not consciously directed, such as breathing, the heartbeat, and digestive processes.'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips8','Any or all of the sciences, such as neurochemistry and experimental psychology, which deal with the structure or function of the nervous system and brain.'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips18','A worm of the large phylum\u00a0<i>Nematoda<\/i>, such as a roundworm or threadworm.'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips22','<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.<\/span>'); <\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you are collecting, analysing, or presenting your results, it is very important to plan ahead and consider the differences between types of Data and how they can laid out. 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