(Essay 94) Statistical biology lab report

BIOA01H3 F Fall 2018 FORMAL LAB REPORT INFORMATION

A. OVERVIEW

In BIOA01, you are expected to apply your knowledge, understanding, lab skills, critical thinking and inquiry skills into performing an experiment that demonstrates concepts relating to photosynthesis. You will examine the effect of light intensity on the photosynthetic activity of an aquatic plant. You will perform statistical analyses on your class data together with data from a second class using Student’s t test to make comparisons across treatments of varying light intensities. ALL DATA you will be using for your FLR will be posted on Quercus by Friday October 5th, 2018.You will form conclusions using scientific evidence and you will justify and communicate your results in a formal lab report (FLR). There are some questions to get you started at the end of Lab 3 of your BIO A01 lab manual. See the chart below for important dates and the due date for your FLR.

You will be provided with an electronic template of the FLR, which will include specific instructions for each section/component of the report. See checklist below:

☐ Appropriate title ☐ Name of Principal author (i.e., you) and your Bench-mates ☐ Lab practical number and your Bench number ☐ TA’s name (spelled correctly) ☐ Abstract ☐ Key words ☐ Introduction (including reference to primary sources) ☐ Materials and Methods ☐ Results (including a written component, Table and Figure) ☐ Discussion (including reference to primary sources) ☐ Acknowledgements (optional) ☐ References Your report should be typed in the FLR template provided to you through Quer, double- spaced, in Times New Roman with 10pt font. Headings often have larger font (Refer to Template).

B. FORMAL LAB REPORT SCHEDULE:

DESCRIPTION DATE

A01 FLR Materials POSTED on Quercus

under “ A01 FLR materials”.

FLR Information page, Statistical Worksheets, Guide to Reading/Interpreting t-tests with Table of Critical t

values, Template for FLR

by Monday September 24th, 2018

Posting of Data Set for your FLR

by Friday October 5th, 2018

FLR submission to Quercus (all practicals)

Your submission will be automatically screened by Turnitin for

potential academic integrity violations.

Friday October 26th, 2018

by 11:59am

Late penalty:

Late submissions of FLR, after 11:59am on Friday October 26th, will result in deduction of 10% of your grade per day. This late penalty is an automatically calculated by Quercus.

The last day to sumbit your FLR is Wednesday, October 31 at 11:59am.

C. RESEARCH HELP To help you find relevant primary journal articles to include your FLR, the UTSC library has prepared a video tutorial. After watching this tutorial, you will be required to take an online quiz delivered through Quercus. More information regarding this quiz will be posted on Quercus.

D. REFERENCES AND CITATIONS

All references and in-text citations included in your formal lab report must follow the “Name- Year System” of the “CSE Style.” A brief overview of the format can be found via the following website: https://ctl.utsc.utoronto.ca/twc/sites/default/files/CSE.pdf

E. PLAGIARISM AND ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

Plagiarism is a serious academic offence with serious consequences for any students found to have plagiarized any of their assignments, essays, lab reports, or any other academic work.

To assist you in understanding what constitutes an academic offence, you are required to take an online quiz delivered through Quercus. More information regarding this quiz will be posted on Quercus.

Check the Academic Calendar for University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) 2016 - 2017 for the policy on plagiarism and other issues of academic misconduct. The UTSC Academic Policy will be strictly enforced in BIO A01H3 F and BIO A02H3 S. So be sure you understand the meaning of plagiarism and keep it in mind when working on your Formal Lab Report.

Evidence of PLAGIARISM in your submitted Formal Lab Report could RESULT IN A MARK OF ZERO (“0”) for the entire FORMAL LAB REPORT. Additional academic sanctions may be applied if warranted.

REMINDER: Academic integrity is essential to the pursuit of learning and scholarship in a University, and to ensuring that a degree from the University of Toronto is a strong signal of each student’s individual academic achievement. As a result, the University treats cases of cheating and plagiarism very seriously. The University of Toronto’s Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters outlines the behaviours. If you have questions or concerns about what constitutes appropriate academic behaviour, refer to http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/policies/behaveac.htm