CSP650

PROJECT IT

Lesson 3
Writing Research Experiment and Results
Department of Systems Science, FTMSK

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Outline
Experiment and Results
Purpose?
What type of output to
measure?
Type of experiment
How to influence reader?
Example

Keeprightontothe
endoftheroad.
--HarryLauder

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Overview
The basic idea is to make sure that
a reader be able to grasp your
major findings either by reading
the text or by looking at the
figures and tables.

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Introduction - results
The results of experiments provides evidence of
your project
Usually experiments either emphasize proofof-concept
demonstrating the viability of a
method/technique or efficiency
demonstrating that a method/technique
provides better performance than those that
exist.
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Introduction
Sample of type of expected output from project or
research
Prototype of application (i.e hci, flow of the application)
Application with experiment (i.e testing on several mode
of experiment)
Analysis of observation (survey/questionnaires)
Assessment of theory
Model
Framework

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Result
Data
all observations data
data that you get from your experiment
Analyze your data
Present them in the form of figures (graphs), tables, and/or
descriptions of observations/experiments
Results must have continuation, describe the relationship of
each section of data.result to the overall study.
The table or figure should then be presented, complete with
title.

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Result
Place raw data at the back of the report as
an appendix, if needed. The appendix is
also appropriate for any sample
calculations that are needed, such as handworked statistical analyses or raw
calculations that show how you arrived at
reported values..
Do not draw conclusions in the results
section. Reserve data interpretation for the
discussion.
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Result
Comparing results from previous
experiment
The result shown

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Example
Writing result from experiment neural
network training and testing

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Example
Kohonen engine for
Lecense Plate
Recogntion

Imagepreprocessing

Kohonen
SOMengine

Characterrecognition
(inputinbinary)
LPR
prototype

Training

Experiment:
Sizeofmap
radious
Parameter
iteration

Licenseplatenumber
image

Charactervalidation

Recognizedlicenseplate
(output)

Research Model
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Example
Size of Map

Initial
Radius

10x10
(100neuronsin
Kohonenmap)

Initial
Learning
Rate
0.1

Training
Epochs

Training Time
(s)

100

500

1000

15

2000

31
0

0.5

100
500
1000
2000

0.9

100
500
1000
2000

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Recognition
Rate (%)
0
7.14
21.43
21.43
28.57

64.29

15

7.14

31

7.14

50.00

35.71

15

14.29

31

21.43

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Example
Size of Map

Initial
Radius

Initial
Learning Rate

Training
Epochs

16x16
(256neuronsin
Kohonenmap)

0.1

100
500
1000
2000

0.5

100
500
1000
2000

0.9

100
500
1000
2000

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Training Time
(s)
2

Recognition
Rate (%)
64.29

12

64.29

25

35.71

50

50.00

21.43

12

64.29

24

57.14

50

50.00

42.86

12

57.14

23

78.57

47

57.14

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Example

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Example

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Example

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Results :
Important Elements

Summary of results
Describe the key results obtained, with
accompanying figures and graphs of raw results

Analysed data
Present any converted data obtained from an
analysis of the raw data.
Make sure to describe what conversion procedure
was used

Relevant details
Highlights for the reader any noteworthy
observations
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Results :
Tips and Common Mistakes
Tips and Guidelines
Dont interpret, or draw conclusions from, your data in this
section
Describe results in the past tense
Present your results in some logical order (chronological order
is often not the best way)

Common mistakes

Raw data
Redundancy
Discussion and interpretation of data
No figures or tables
Methods/materials reported

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References

Dawson, C.W (2000) The Essence of Computing Projects: A

Students Guide
Lance Cooper and Celia Elliott, Tips for Writing Your Thesis: The
Key Elements of a Scientific Paper
Authors XX (2005)Writing Scientific Manuscripts: A
guide for undergraduates, Journal of Young
Investigators
http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/dec/essay.dissertati
on.html
http://www.nmas.org/JAhowto.html
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/SciProjIntro.html

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