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In order to summarize my data, I have created one table and two graphs. I did have to put some thoughts into how to organize my data. I had to keep my hypothesis in mind to make sure that my table and graphs would reflect it.
I created two graphs. Figure 1 contains all the data of my experiment. For Figure 2, I excluded one set of data, which is the value for the number of other birds at low tide for survey one. On that particular day, the beach was covered with crows (about 200). I observed this phenomenon only once. Since that value is very high, it changes the mean result and the way the graph looks drastically. I also want to do two the statistical analysis, one with and one without that value.
The results of my data collection are mainly as I expected. The number of gulls (Larus spp.) in the intertidal zone varies with the tides and the number of birds of other genus does not. However, I don’t know yet if these results are statistically significant yet. Furthermore, my data show that the number of gulls in the intertidal zone at low tide is higher especially in the late afternoon and evening. I did not expect that the number of gulls in the intertidal zone at low tide would vary in function of the time of the day. Factors other than the time of the day might have influenced this result, such a weather or wind.
Table 1
Comparison of the number of Gulls (Larus spp.) at low and high tide and the number of birds of other genus at low and high tide in an intertidal zone.
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Gulls (Larus spp.) |
Other birds genus |
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| Low Tide | High Tide | Low Tide | High Tide | |
| Survey 1 | 80 | 1 | 200 | 0 |
| Survey 2 | 281 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Survey 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Survey 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Survey 5 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Survey 6 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Survey 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Survey 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Survey 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Survey 10 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Mean | 52.2 | 0.4 | 21.7 | 1 |
| Mean* | 52.2 | 0.4 | 1.89* | 1 |
*Mean value excluding the value for Other birds genus at low tide for Survey 1.
Figure 1. Comparison of the mean number of gulls (Larus spp.) at low and high tide and the mean number of birds of other genus at low and high tide in an intertidal zone.
Figure 2. Comparison of the mean number of gulls (Larus spp.) at low and high tide and the mean number of birds of other genus at low and high tide in an intertidal zone. The mean value for other birds genus at low tide excludes the value of survey 1.
ok good amount of written detail in the Figure text.
Consider putting outliers showing the high and low around the mean level bars in your figures.
table 1 would also make a nice graph!