1. Project Assignment – Instructions
Add your last name to the file name
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by the end of May 10th (Sunday) 1

2. Project Assignment – Peer Review
Presenter Name: _____________________
Questions / Answers:
Copy Questions – Provide 5 Answers (1 each)
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3. Project Assignment – Peer Review
Reviewee’s Name: _____________________
Review: (1 points each)
Read your partner’s ppt and address the following:
Selection of analyzed species / variables & samples
Data transformations & manipulations
Selection of the number of axes (stress)
Interpretation of axes (environmental correlations)
Interpretation of orthogonality & variance explained
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4. Project Assignment – Peer Review
Re-analysis: Do another analyses (ideally, hypothesis driven) after consulting with me
Report the standard outputs (listed in class) for the analysis you completed (2.5 points)
Write paragraph comparing results from both analyses (exploration vs hypothesis) (2.5 points)
Hint: You may want to focus on environmental associations and clusters of stations / species
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