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Testing and Analysis

Testing, is the actual construction and performance of the  experiment using the hypothesis as the design parameter. This step of the scientific method is the point where values or recordable observations  (data) is collected. This data is really just individual values for your dependent variable. Thus data = dependent variable

Analysis is the presentation of the data in a manner that allows the experimenters to compare the values attained from the control group with the independent variable(s) in your report, this will also fall under results.

Below is a graph that might be generated. Notice that his is not just simply the raw numbers, but instead is a compilation of Raw data into a meaningful comparison of the variables.

Additionally, you will, notice, our Independent and Dependent variables reappear in our graph. Similarly, if a table of vales were more appropriate, the Independent would appear as columns along the top and the dependent appear as rows along the side.

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Caged mud

Un-Caged mud

X Axis = Independent Variable

Results:

The results demonstrate that, after observing the mud placed in frog proof cage, versus mud allowed to be visited by frogs at any point, the caged mud at no point had frogs.  Additionally, at no point, was it observed, that frogs would emerge from the mud isolated by the cage. However, juvenile frogs were witnessed as emerging from the uncaged mud beginning 26 days post first noted adult frog s at uncaged mud site.

Figure 1: Per day average frog count