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My initial field data was measuring the diameters of sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) along an elevation gradient. I had hypothesized that sagebrush diameters decreased as elevation increased and so far the data does not seem to falsify this. The data I have collected is not surprising. My sampling strategy was systematic sampling as I had to follow the elevation gradient up along certain paths that were suitable for walking on. The only minor difficulty I had was the elevation measuring app I had on my phone did not seem extremely accurate so I had to confirm the elevations on a computer program afterwards. Now that I know the proper elevations for the park it will be easier to continue sampling the rest of my data.
