My picture was of a spider nestled between the rungs on a plant pot right in front of the Student Union on Campus. I selected this area because it was pretty close to the Biology Computer Resource Center, which I used as a reference point when describing the directions to the Student Union. I used the Biology Computer Resource Center as a reference point because that is where our class takes place, so I knew that the student following my Method would know its location, thus allowing them to replicate my procedure with ease. One factor that I knew I had to control was the location of the pot where the spider was. There were 4 different pots in front of the Student Union, so I had to specify which one by stating that it was the one on the end nearest the Lincoln Campus Center. I also needed to control where the picture was taken on the pot, since it was a large pot with several potential places that a spider could nestle. So I specified that the spider web was located between the vertical ridges on the pot, right above a patch of vegetation that was growing on the ground beneath the pot. Another variable that I sought to control was the platform for the creation of my image. I knew that most of the class was going to be using Inkscape, but I could not download Inkscape. I looked into Microsoft Word, mainly because it is a very popular platform, so I figured that the person replicating my image would likely already have Word. If they were not able to use the same platform as me, they would not be able to follow my procedure as precisely. I also specified the different colors of the font that I used, and when I put letters in bold. In general, the more detailed I was in my Methods, the more I controlled the different variables.
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