How to Keep a Lab Notebook (Lecture/workshop) Beginners
Sat 12 Feb 2011
Description
Your lab notebook is one of the most important and precious objects you, as a scientist, will ever have. This session explore how keeping an exemplary laboratory notebook is crucial to good scientific practice in lab research. The course will consist of a short talk, a chance to assess some examples of good and bad practice, with plenty of time for questions and discussion. You might like to bring along your own lab notebook for feedback. (Please note that issues relating to protection of Intellectual Property Rights will not be covered in this session)
Target audience
- MPhil students
- First and second year PhD students
Sessions
Number of sessions: 1
| # | Date | Time | Venue | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 12 Feb 2011 15:00 - 17:00 | 15:00 - 17:00 | Geography Dept | Dr C.J. O'Kane |
Topics covered (session 1)
- Samples and populations; the normal distribution
Topics covered (session 2)
- The binomial distribution; testing hypotheses
Topics covered (session 3)
- The t distribution
Topics covered (session 4)
- Comparison of two independent, approximately normally distributed samples
Topics covered (session 5)
- One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA)
Aims
- To present your work to a large peer-group audience
- To experience inspirational research talks from leading scientific researchers
- network with graduate students and researchers from departments and institutes right across the Graduate School of Life Sciences
Format
Presentation and demonstrations
System requirements
- Analysis of variance (continued)
Duration
One session of two hours
Frequency
Yearly
Themes
Booking / availability