During the spring semester of 2019 at the University of Massachusetts amherst, I began the methods project. The goal of this project was to be able to construct a multi panel figure and write a set a methods of how we created it and then have another individual try to replicate it and compare the differences. For my Figure, the interspecies interaction I chose was between a tree and some Ivy growing up its trunk. Once both figures were constructed I began my analysis on how my methods could be improved for higher accuracy. I broke these differences down into two different categories, differences with how the pictures were taken and differences with how the figure was constructed. For the Pictures I found several differences including the tree species used, the location, the lack of Ivy present, the size of the subject in the photo and the snow on the ground. From these differences I inferred that they were caused by a lack of listing a specific species, a lack of an accessible subject, a difference in the distance from the subject and the weather before the subject was photographed. For the construction of the figures I found differences with the labeling of the pictures, the lack of descriptions, the size of the photos, and the Arrow placement and size. From these differences I inferred that they were caused by a lack of specificity in the instructions for creating the figure. From this comparison, I was able to see many aspects of writing methods that I needed to improve on in order to have a methods that gives an accurate replica of my original work.
Recent comments