LIFE TABLE MANUSCRIPTSFEBRUARY 15, 2010

Rough draft due March 1 (in lab)• 50 points

Final draft due March 15 (in lab)• 100 points• Must hand in a hard copy

A great information sourceA great information source http://www.jyi.org/resources/320/Guide%20to%20Science%2

0Writing.pdf

Guide to undergraduate scientific writing (pg 7-38)

How publishing worksHow publishing works Write (or coauthor) a paper

• Anonymous reviewers give feedback Reviewers give suggestions to editors

• Editors have the final say Process can take months

Abstract Introduction Methods Results Discussion Literature Cited

AbstractAbstract Less than 500 words, generally 200-300 Summarizes

• Why/how research was conducted• What major results and conclusions were• Don’t cite references

Format (1-2 sentences each)• Idea 1: Problem to be investigated• Idea 2: Purpose of study• Idea 3: Methods• Idea 4: Results• Idea 5: Interpretations/conclusions

What is survivorship/why do we study it?

How has survivorship been studied before?• Use previous research-anthropology

journals? Outline the two populations What are your hypotheses?

Where/when data were collected What information did you collect?

What data were given? Information you got from life table What statistical analyses did you

perform?• What program you used to calculate

Results of K-S test for each hypothesis• Kolmogorov-Smirnov two sample test, D

[maximum deviation] =0.40, P<0.05; Table 1 Do not include entire life table Include tables and figures

• I found Bloomington-Normal males and Bloomington-Normal females did not differ in life expectancy (Table 1).

No data interpretation

Interpret all 4 hypotheses• Which do you have evidence for/which do you fail to

reject?• Why might there be gender differences or geographic

differences? Do your results agree with previous studies? Likely sources of error influencing results How can you improve study (real

suggestions) Why is this information useful-how can

scientists use it?• Give specific interpretation, don’t be too broad

Use guidelines from Lab 1In text citations

Jonas (2008) found…Age-specific mortality does not differ…(Jonas

2008).3 or more authors= Jonas et al. (2008) says…

FormattingTitle page (pg 100)Running headTables and figuresLiterature cited

Make sure lines are distinguishable in B&W

Proper formatting (look in appendix)• Use the journal Ecology guidelines you

printed at the beginning of the semester

Be precise• Analyze vs. evaluate vs. look at

Do not use adjectives Data are plural Do not start sentences with “There”