Presenting Research Results
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Presenting Research Results
1.1
Introduction
1.2
Contents
2
Presenting results as story telling
2.1
Key Points
2.2
Video
2.3
Scientific results and story telling
2.4
Good research stories
2.5
Source of stories
2.5.1
Progress in science
2.5.2
Progress with action and theories of change
2.6
Presenting the story
2.7
Resources
3
Presenting results as tables and graphs 1
3.1
Video
3.2
The importance of visualising data
3.3
Principles of data visualisation
3.3.1
Effectiveness
3.3.2
Readability
3.3.3
Tidiness
3.3.4
Informative
3.3.5
Accessibility
3.3.6
Consistency
3.4
Other Resources
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Presenting results across multiple factors
4.1
Introduction
4.2
Video
4.3
Overall principles
4.4
Example Data
4.5
Key ideas
4.6
Interactive Demo
4.7
The general process
4.7.1
Step 1: Set out the objectives, message or hypothesis for the story you want to tell with the graph you are designing
4.7.2
Step 2: Remember experiments are set up to make comparisons
4.7.3
Step 3: Maintain the visual metaphor
4.7.4
Step 4: Lines
4.7.5
Step 5: Multiple factors
4.7.6
Step 6: Colours and symbols
4.7.7
Step 7: Facets
4.7.8
Step 9: Next steps
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Precision and variability
5.1
Introduction
5.2
Video
5.3
Precision vs Variability
5.4
Precision
5.4.1
Confidence intervals vs. standard errors
5.4.2
Interactive Demo of Precision vs. Variability
5.4.3
In tables
5.4.4
Around trends
5.4.5
Overload of error bars?
5.5
Variability
5.5.1
Plots which can display variability
5.5.2
Density plots/ Violin Plots
5.5.3
In tables. Is standard deviation always the answer?
5.6
References
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Presenting in papers
6.1
Key points
6.2
Reasons
6.3
Writing scientific papers
6.4
Two prerequisites for writing good papers
6.4.1
Reading
6.4.2
The story
6.5
The writing process - Video
6.6
Trends in science publishing
6.7
Two difficult areas
6.7.1
Choosing a journal
6.7.2
Authorship
6.8
Resources
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Presenting on posters
7.1
Video
7.2
The aim of posters
7.3
Key principles
7.3.1
The importance of design and layout
7.3.2
Keep it short and simple
7.3.3
Make it engaging
7.3.4
Some examples
7.3.5
Other resources
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Adapting to the audience
8.1
Video
8.2
Without a conscious effort, a presentation is unlikely to be well adapted to its audience
8.3
So what to do?
8.3.1
1. Our audience comes with a specific background
8.3.2
2. Our audience know less than we think they know
8.3.3
3. Our audience is not in our brain
8.3.4
4. We are not in the audience’s brain either
8.4
A few tips and tricks
8.5
Challenging the counter-arguments
8.6
Special case of a presentation of results shown to farmers - Video
8.6.1
Difference of background/knowledge
8.6.2
A different way of reasoning
8.6.3
Have an open mind
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Presenting as show and tell
9.1
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Reviewing, critiquing and improving presentation
10.1
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Presenting as show and tell
9.1
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