Upon review of the results, I came up with 3 reasons as to why there were differences between the two figures. These reasons include, a change in weather, vague instruction, and miscellaneous factors. To start, the weather is a factor that is totally out of our control. In the picture of the environment, the background is brighter thus causing the light exposure in the photograph to be greater. In Figure One, it was a dark and rainy day so the light exposure wasn't as great. The weather also played a role in the window being opened or closed in the picture. In Figure One, the window is open whereas in Figure Two, it was closed. We can infer that the temperature must have been hotter in Figure One than it was in Figure Two thus resulting in the window being closed.
The next reason for differences is due to vague instruction. For example, my methods call for the picture of the web to be take at the back right corner of the air duct. Now, the replicate did take a picture of the back right corner, however it was taken at a different distance and angle seeing as they were not specified in the methods. In the image of the environment, I said to take the picture at eye level, not accounting for the fact that my eye level would be different than that of my peers. In terms of labeling, the units for the stroke width and size of the box were missing and so this resulted in a different shape than originally intended. Same goes for the red dot used to illustrate where the web is on the map. I had said to place the red dot along the side of the building without further detail. This resulted in the replicate having the dot further towards the front whereas my dot is more towards the middle.
Lastly, uncontrollable miscellaneous factors played a part in some of the differences as well. For example, I am not a member of UMOC and therefore do not have a red sticker signifying membership on my UCard. As it turns out, the person who replicated my figure is a member and so they do have the sticker as mentioned previously. This difference is due to the fact that one of us is in a club whereas the other is not. Such differences could not have been accounted for at the beginning of this project and are therefore out of my control.
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