Interpretation and your own analysis decisions
Week 12 · After class · approximately 60 minutes
Gavin Simpson
Aarhus University
Wednesday, 25 November 2026
Use what you already produced
Revise your teaching-example figure and paragraph.
Develop your own project analysis decisions in the existing draft.
Approximately 60 minutes total, including project work.
10 minutes: retrieve and correct
Name a target without looking at notes.
Distinguish difference, ratio and percentage points.
Correct one ambiguity in your cress paragraph/caption.
Recap
25 minutes: justify your project target
In your existing report draft, explain:
- scientific question and primary outcome;
- which animals or groups researchers treated or followed, and which measurements they recorded;
- chosen quantity to estimate and candidate model;
- assumptions needing verification.
Use the generic report-template.qmd prompts if useful.
15 minutes: result or consulting issue
If you have explained and justified your analysis, refine its main figure and interpretation.
Otherwise specify the decision needing consultation.
Identify one alternative assumption worth comparing and explain why it matters for this study.
10 minutes: prepare for 25 November
Check paths and named packages.
Bring draft + code + data + one consulting question.
List incomplete sections and next action.
Consolidation