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Overall, I did not have any difficulties aggregating and summarizing my data. I created a table showing the percent soil moisture content for each replicate, and also a mean percent soil moisture content for each location (Douglas fir, sagebrush and cattail). I ran an ANOVA test and t-tests on the data in this table and found that there was a significance between the values, (p < 0.05). The results from the tests did not surprise me, that is because when looking at the data, each location had percent soil moisture values that very rarely overlapped with the other locations.
Additionally, I graphed the mean percent soil moisture for each location in a bar graph. In this graph I used standard deviation error bars which did not overlap, also suggesting that there is a significant difference between the percent soil moisture content at each location.
Given my findings, it would be interesting to look at more locations (with the same Douglas fir, sagebrush, and cattail species),in different cities or even just different areas of Kamloops to see if the soil moisture varies much from what I found in my chosen locations.
