Hand in your assignment as a pdf via Moodle. Your assignment should include written responses to all of the assignment answers, as well as any figures or tables necessary to explain your results. All figures and tables should be accompanied by figure captions; the standard rule is that a figure caption should be able to fully explain what a figure is showing without the reader having to refer to the rest of the text. If you are unsure of what a caption should look like, read https://www.internationalscienceediting.com/how-to-write-a-figure-caption/.
You should also submit an R script (saved as a text file with the .R extension) capable of recreating all of the results you mentioned in your report, including comments on what different parts of the code are written to accomplish.
Your assignment should also include references to any scientific papers cited, including the papers I’ve asked you to discuss in the assignment, and any references you find outside of these papers. Remember, part of academic honesty is citing where you get specific ideas from. The Concordia library has a good guide on how to cite papers: library.concordia.ca/learn/citing/getting-it-right/. Make sure to use the APA citation format.
This assignment is designed to have you work through the basic steps of a statistical analysis: data description, visualization, modelling and assumption checking, reporting findings, and using those findings to evaluate scientific hypotheses.
