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Analyzing Experimental Results: Patterns, Anomalies, and Implications for Further Research

This discussion and conclusion outline provides a detailed analysis of experimental data, including summarizing central tendencies, identifying trends and anomalies, explaining results, and proposing improvements and further study ideas. It includes considerations of experimental quality and relevance to real-world applications, with a focus on enhancing understanding and offering insightful conclusions for the research conducted.

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Analyzing Experimental Results: Patterns, Anomalies, and Implications for Further Research

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  1. Discussion and Conclusion Outline Your Discussion and Conclusion should include:

  2. Discussion: I. Purpose restated with description of IV and DV. II. Data summarized (especially central tendency and variation) with references to data tables and graphs. Realize that overlapping error bars (standard deviation) indicate less conclusive data. III. Patterns (trends) and anomalies (unexpected results and/or random outliers) in the data identified.

  3. Discussion: IV. Why what happened happened explained (trends, anomalies). Research and prior knowledge considered in explanation. V. The quality of the experiment considered: effects of constants, controls, and variables. VI. Ideas for improvement proposed. VII. Findings related to the “real world” and research conducted by other individuals. VIII. Thoughtful ideas for further study proposed.

  4. Example Data for Discussion • What are the trends? • What are the anomalies? • What is the significance of the error bars?

  5. Example Data for Discussion • What are the trends? • Increase in growth with more compost.(Consider WHY!) • What are the anomalies? • 40.0 g shows a decrease.(Consider WHY)! • What is the significance of the error bars? • High levels of compost (40.0 g and 50.0 g) may not be better than lower levels--error bars overlap.(Consider WHY)!

  6. Conclusion: I. Purpose concisely re-stated. II. Important findings of the experiment and the most probable explanation for those findings briefly stated. III. Whether the hypothesis supported or refuted by the data stated.

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