Handbook of Citizen Science in Ecology and Conservation by Christopher A. Lepczyk;

Author:Christopher A. Lepczyk;
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780520284777
Publisher: University of California Press

BOX 10.2Data Analysis: Checklist and Guidelines

✓Use data-collection protocols geared toward desired analyses.

•Make sure your protocols and sample size allow for the analysis you want and give you the necessary statistical power (if analyses are statistical in nature).

•Make sure you know ahead of time what analyses you are planning to do and what data are needed for them.

✓Consult a statistician early on in your project for advice (if your project is planning on statistical analyses).

•Check local universities and Cooperative Extension offices.

•Check in with your statistician often.

✓Prepare your data before analysis.

•Clean your data to remove outliers (but always maintain a copy of the original unclean dataset just in case).

•Make sure that all data are in the same units.

•Check for duplicate records.

✓Keep analyses simple and topically relevant.

•Use analyses that are meaningful to your project.

✓Be mindful of significant figures and rounding.

•Use a precision needed for analysis and that matches what was collected.

•Avoid showing unnecessary precision in reports (one or two decimals at most).

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