Sexual Selection Paper

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Sexual Selection Paper

It was the first time I was doing a project like this! I usually did not have to collect raw data by surveying people etc. Therefore, it was a good experience. It was actually quite fun going around the school area and even some public places to ask them several questions (and get rejected) about our project haha.

One thing I learnt is that sometimes our results do not correlate with our hypothesis. This was what happened to my group initially. Then, we had to brainstorm for another surveying idea to see if our hypothesis really is not supported or if our method of testing was wrong. After our second trial, we got better results which correlated with our hypothesis :)

The second thing I learnt is that within a group, not everyone has the same ideas, and it is usually hard to communicate especially if some of us aren’t willing to give in. Therefore, at some points of the project, I was pretty frustrated but had to keep my cool so that the project proceeds smoothly 😀

Lastly, I also learned how to write research papers better. Thankfully there was a draft we had to do and a peer review as I know where i went wrong and I was able to correct it before the final submission. There are just so many points to write down and it is hard to arrange them in the right order so that our paper will be written smoothly. Plus, the rubric given to us also helped me a lot in terms of what to write and what not to write in my papers.

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