Biology 1000

Britney Sookdeo
Lab 2: Statistical Analysis of Aquatic Plant Photosynthetic Rates

Treatment 1 (White Light) Photosynthetic Rate (ml O2 produced/g/hour)

Experimental Tube 1 (Trial 1) 0.174723618
Experimental Tube 2 (Trial 1) 0.25965
Control (Trial 1) 0
Experimental Tube 1 (Trial 2) 0.198567839
Experimental Tube 2 (Trial 2) 0.237275
Control (Trial 2) 0

Treatment 2 (Green Light) Photosynthetic Rate (ml O2 produced/g/hour)

Experimental Tube 1 (Trial 1) 0.115295567
Experimental Tube 2 (Trial 1) 0.155606061
Control (Trial 1) 0
Experimental Tube 1 (Trial 2) 0.143128079
Experimental Tube 2 (Trial 2) 0.122323232
Control (Trial 2) 0

Mean 95% Cl STDEV SE

Experimental 0.217554114 0.03090285 0.030902846 0.015451423
Tubes-
Treatment 1
(White Light)
Control 0 0 0 0
Tubes-
Treatment 1
Experimental 0.124010611 0.01316851 0.013168508 0.006584254
Tubes-
Treatment 2
(Green Light)
Control 0 0 0 0
Tubes-
Treatment 2
 0.25

0.2

0.15
Photosynthetic Rate

0.1

0.05

Figure 1: The photosynthetic rates of both experiments involving white light

and green light

I am confident that the data sets are reliable because the 95% CI bars are smaller in
length. When they are smaller in length, the reliability is greater. This also means that I can be
more confident about the overall trend of the data. Also, the overlap in the data shows that
the means are not significantly different because the CI bars overlap.