Since my last blog post went up on the website, I have been busy working on the analyses of my project. I used the program of Mesquite to take the data that Dr. Young collected and calculate independent contrasts for just the Emydid taxa. There was some trouble at first for figuring out how to calculate the independent contrasts, but after the third try (third times the charm!) I was able to calculate the values I was looking for.
With these independent contrasts, it was time to calculate statistical values of an OLS regression like r-squared, t, and the slope of the line. I tried using the computer program SPSS at first since I am most familiar with it, but after a few unsuccessful attempts, I decided to use RStudio. Since I am not familiar with this software and have never used it before, I have been teaching myself R code for the past week and so far, I have been pretty successful with getting the results I am looking for. For the next few weeks, I am aiming on finishing up these statistical calculations and moving on in my project to seeing if differences do exist in the limb bone morphology between the Emydid turtles. I also hope to have the rough draft of my manuscript completed within the next few weeks once all of my analyses are finished. After this is completed, I will be well on my way to finishing up the final touches and completing my project! Comments are closed.
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