Figure of the Week: Applied Statistics for Wildlife Research
Author(s): Cody Hieu Pham1, Robert E Furrow1
University of California, Davis
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Description
This resource is an adaptation of the QUBES Figure of the Day module by Flemming-Davis and Wodjak (2018). The goal of this module is to provide a repeated student activity that helps students learn to interpret scientific figures in a low-stakes environment. By offering “incomplete” figures that don’t include full axes, captions, and legends, students are free to propose a creative diversity of potential interpretations of the figure. With no single correct answer, students can focus without anxiety on the process of how you use the structure and information types within a figure to put together a potential interpretation.
Notes
This resource was adapted from an online activity, but this version is designed to be conducted in-person during a weekly computer lab. The slide deck features new figures that are specifically related to methods from introductory statistics, with examples pulled from the field of wildlife biology. Many examples in this slide deck would likely be useful in any introductory statistics course related to biology, but new figures may be desired if a course focuses more on microbiology or other disciplines unrelated to wildlife biology.
Cite this work
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
- Pham, C. H., Furrow, R. E. (2024). Figure of the Week: Applied Statistics for Wildlife Research. QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/95CX-G684