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How to Conduct an AgriScience SAE The Science Workbook: Student Research Projects in Food - Agriculture - Natural Resources
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Identify the Problem (What question do you want answered?) Narrow enough to investigate Of interest to researcher May modify an existing project Don't worry about title at this point
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Formulate Hypothesis (what do you expect? A statement to be proven or disproved A scientific guess Should predict a possible result Search literature of other related research
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Research (hit the library and the internet) Contact university researchers National Ag library, http://www.nalusda.Gov. Use inter-library loan Use note cards on books, articles, etc. The science fair project index, scarecrow press, 1983
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Design Investigation (how you are going to do this) Controlled experiment is most common Use control group & experimental group Anticipate sources of experimental error Have adequate subjects in each group Repeat the experiment 2-3 times Follow guidelines for care & use of lab animals
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Write Proposal (tell your teacher what you are doing) Write out a statement about the : –Problem –Your hypothesis –What you found in the literature –The design of your experiment Get feedback from your teacher Get feedback from university researchers
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Collect Data (record your observations) Record data into prepared tables Record non-statistical data in notebook Report data - mean, median, and mode Standard deviation will show extreme values
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Draw Conclusions (what this data means) Accept or reject your hypothesis What is relationship of the variables?
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Write Report (Becoming a scientific author) Abstract (condense paper to a one page) Introduction Background Statement of problem Hypothesis Experimental design Analysis (include tables & graphs) Conclusions References
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