Panzer Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 Hi! Im doing my EE in Chemistry (HL student), with the following RQ: "How is the degree of unsaturation in fatty acids affected by exposure to high temperatures?" (Degree of unsaturation is Iodine Value) I have gathered data from 9 titrations (3 with peanut oil, 3 with olive oil, 3 blank tests), all 6 oil-samples had been exposed to ca. 300+ degrees celsius for 10minutes prior to determining the IV by Hanus' Method. This data will be measured against the secondary-data values of the exact same oils. What tests can I do with this data, and show graphically? Chi-squared test? T-test? Pearson correlation coefficient? Any and all other tips will be appreciated as well, regarding the structure, references, citation, secondary lit. etc! Sincerely,a kind of desperate Norwegian IB-student -Panzer Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Sonia Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 You could do normal scatter graphs with trend line or any graphical representation like that, maybe a graph with all the different values you got for each temperature interval so that you compare them. Statistically, you can pretty much do any statistics test to check for the significance of your results. According to your post, I'm thinking that maybe ANOVA would be a suitable test - it tests if the different 'sets' of results are indeed different or not. If this would turn out that they are not different, it means temperature has no effect (so null hypothesis is supported). But tbh I think you could do any statistical test you're comfortable with, cause in the end they pretty much tell you the same thing Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted November 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 Might I suggest that you speak to your extended essay supervisor? Of course that would be ideal. However, my supervisor has a jam-packed schedule with little to no time to spare, I've had a meeting with her just recently and she needs to prioritize the other students as well. She's very knowledgeable and a good teacher, but not the best supervisor. You could do normal scatter graphs with trend line or any graphical representation like that, maybe a graph with all the different values you got for each temperature interval so that you compare them. Statistically, you can pretty much do any statistics test to check for the significance of your results. According to your post, I'm thinking that maybe ANOVA would be a suitable test - it tests if the different 'sets' of results are indeed different or not. If this would turn out that they are not different, it means temperature has no effect (so null hypothesis is supported). But tbh I think you could do any statistical test you're comfortable with, cause in the end they pretty much tell you the same thing Thanks! I'll do some research on ANOVA. You seem pretty experienced with graphical representations, what kind of software do you use? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sonia Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 (edited) Thank youu! For my EE I did all graphs and t-tests on excel. I only had to use ANOVA once so far, which I did on an online Anova website that pretty much does it for you Edited November 13, 2014 by supersonic Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted November 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 Thank youu! For my EE I did all graphs and t-tests on excel. I only had to use ANOVA once so far, which I did on an online Anova website that pretty much does it for you I've found several sites like that. Were you happy with the end-result? If you were; I wouldn't mind if you sent me the link in a PM Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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