Animal Behavior
Introduction
Key Concepts
Concept 1: Observing Behaviors: Fruit Fly Mating Behavior
Concept 2: Observing Behaviors: Pillbug Behavior
Concept 3: Scientific Sketching
Concept 4: Response to the Environment
Analysis of Results
Design of the Experiment
The Controls
Sample Size, Results, and Replication
Other Considerations
Lab Quiz
Sample Size, Results, and Replication
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To be meaningful, your experiment must include a large enough sample size to be representative of a general condition.
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Your results must be measurable! Are you going to count, measure, find the mass? You must devise some way to quantify the results.
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You must also replicate — do several repetitions of — the experiment. Like a large sample size, this lets you verify your result.
