Data Webinar with Dr. Declan McCabe

On January 22, 2013, Dr. Declan McCabe, Associate Professor of Biology at Saint Michael’s College, hosted a RACC High School Webinar on the topic of data and data analysis. Dr. McCabe discussed how to find sources of data online, how to groom and present your data using Excel, and how to use PowerPoint to create a scientific poster or oral presentation for the 2013 RACC Research Symposium.

Presentation Overview

• Data Sources
• Data Grooming
• Data Presentation
• PowerPoint Tips
• Poster Templates

Links from the webinar :

• Symposium Website
• Streams Project Database
• NOWData – NOAA Online Weather Data (Summary temperature air data)
• Quality Controlled Local Climatological Data– NOAA (Detailed temperature air data)
• USGS gage data – Water Resources of New Hampshire and Vermont
• McCabe, D. J. (2012) Sampling Biological Communities. Nature Education Knowledge 3(10):63
• Data Analysis Using Excel - Handout by Declan McCabe
• Data Analysis Resources

 

Watch the webinar video
View the presentation PDF

Thanks to everyone who participated!