As part of my Writing in Biology class at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, we were tasked with developing a multipanel figure, writing a methods for said figure and having someone follow our methods to replicate the figure. Not only did someone follow my methods, but I was also assigned someone elses to follow. The purpose of this project is to illustrate the importance of detail when writing a methods section and the significance of this detail in scientific replicability. After receiving my partners replicated panel, it was apparent that there were significant differences in comparison to my original figure. These differences were due to unclear explanations in the methods along with some factors that were uncontrollable.
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