Resources for Teaching Writing and Statistics

Here are short guideline handouts, all pdfs, for teaching writing and statistics to undergraduate student researchers. If you find these resources useful, please do get in touch and let me know.

Designing Experiments and Writing Lab Reports

• Steps of the Scientific Method plus Experimental Design, With Example. Outlines the hypothetico-deductive method.
• A 'lab report cheatsheet' with brief instructions for each section of a lab report.
• Figure formatting guidelines
• Sample lab report rubric
• Lab report checklist. Use to check over a lab report to ensure the correct information is in the correct place before turning in a final draft. Can also be given to a peer writing tutor to facilitate the peer revision process (e.g. have the reader check the specific items that need further attention).

Writing a plain-language scientific article summary

• Sample assignment for writing an article summary essay. Instructions for an article covering a topic in physiology.
• Plain-language Summary Guide from Arthropod Ecology.

Basic Undergraduate Statistics Reference Card for R

• Clark_RRefcard.pdf. An R reference card developed for an undergraduate course in experimental design, statistics, and scientific writing. Includes basic plotting and statistical analysis methods.