User: | Open Learning Faculty Member:
I chose to use a graph to display the data that I have collected. I used a line graph with two lines, one for grazing the 10 grazing replicates and one for the 10 non-grazing replicates, to show the average amounts of damage in percentage to each of the replicate areas.I chose to display it as an percentage of the overall area because I think it is easier for readers to understand and interpret. I think that the line graph I selected clearly displays the difference in damage between the two treatments and the overall trend. I did not have a difficult time organizing my data as I collected it in an excel spreadsheet so that it was quick and easy to enter equations and form graphs and tables from it. The data stayed with my predicted trend more or less, but I would be interested to explore the affect that the number of geese present grazing has on the percent of area damaged. When I first visited the site sometime ago there were only 2-3 geese grazing, but on the day I collected the 20 replicates there were 5. I’d assume that the increase in geese presence would also increase the % of area damaged.
