Trent McMillan

10/18/2018

Lab 9: Results and Data

Objective:

The objective of this lab was to work more with Excel and create more figures in order to help us with our coming research paper and presentation. With our groups, we made our own charts, tables, etc., that will be used as we continue to learn about and execute our own scientific writing.

Procedure:

1. Open the class’ data Excel sheet, which contains both control and treatment data for cell counts, optical density and individual assays.
2. Copy the data into a new Excel sheet in order to create your own figures after finding the averages and descriptive statistics for each set of data.
3.  Make sure to add figure titles, axis labels, standard error bars, and asterisks to significant data for each figure.
4. Do this for Cell Counts, Optical Density, and whichever assay you performed individually.
5. Save each figure as a JPEG so that you can upload it and use it in your paper/online notebook.

Data:

Storage:

Since we were in the computer lab, all figures and data were stored on our computers.

Conclusion:

This lab taught me a lot about the advantages of using Excel to create figures for any type of data and our research data more specifically. The ability to use Excel effectively will play a major role in the writing of our research papers as well as our final presentations. In addition to Excel, learning more about how to properly write scientific literature and results sections will increase the professionalism within our papers and lead us on the correct path towards writing our first very own properly constructed research paper.

Future Steps:

As the semester is getting closer to an end, we are putting all the research and data that we have collected in use towards writing our research papers and constructing our final presentations. What we have learned thus far will go on to help us after this semester, though, as we continue our paths of science and scientific discovery. Our new-found knowledge of scientific literature and skills within programs like Excel will continue to help us throughout our scientific careers.