ISB 202 Lecture 2: Lectures 2 and 3
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Conclusions will change over time as technology changes. The informal personal observations you can collect from your own experiences and others. Should the hypothesis or design of testing be changed: share results: provide detail. What we accept as facts today may need to be modified or rejected when we have more evidence. Sample size matters- having a large sample size just to make sure that the results could not have been due to chance and are statistically significant. Should avoid selective windowing- meaning, when publishing, you need to show all relevant facts. Epidemiology- study of incidence of disease where research attempts to find patterns (like smoking & lung cancer. Oxygen on earth"s atmosphere was from ancient photosynthetic organisms called. Properties that define life: grow, reproduce, maintain homeostasis, sense and respond to stimuli, obtain and use energy. Life on earth happened in the bottom of the sea in hydrothermal vents (immense chimney like structure, spewing hot water geysers at 750 temperatures. )