Literature and design analysis
Mon, Apr 12, 2027 · Week 13 · Human Anatomy & Physiology (Human Body Systems)
Today's goal: Evaluate their research design against published literature and refine weak points.
This is a model of the work you should turn in today. Use it to check your own: match the structure and the level of detail, do not copy it. Your data and wording should be your own.
Credible source cited: a peer-reviewed study on copper toxicity in C. elegans (from a science journal database).
Comparison to our design:
- Strength of our design: we control temperature, food, and worm age, which matches the careful controls the published study used.
- Weakness of our design: the published study used about 30 worms per group, while we planned only 10, so our sample size was smaller and less reliable.
Concrete revision made: we increased our target sample size from 10 to 30 worms per concentration to improve reliability and make our results more comparable to published work.
How the literature improved our plan: reading the published methods showed us that our controls were solid but our sample size was too small, so the revision strengthens the part most likely to weaken our conclusions.
This model shows the level of evidence and organization needed to complete: A literature comparison summary citing one credible source, identifying one strength and one weakness of the team design, and documenting one concrete revision.
- Date and label the entry.
- Record the procedure, observation, or design decision clearly.
- End with what the evidence means and the next step.
Keep the structure. Replace the question, facts, measurements, and evidence. Then recheck units, vocabulary, and whether the conclusion goes beyond the evidence.
Also due today: Submit your literature comparison on Schoology.
Turn in: Literature comparison summary
Go to Schoology to turn this in.
Submit one PDF. Put your first and last name in the document header. Name the file: FirstName LastName - Assignment Title - YYYY-MM-DD.pdf.
Open Schoology PDF upload helpIf you cannot get in, see Mr. Mendoza. Do not skip the work.
Claim ceiling: Today's evidence supports a classroom claim about today's lesson. It cannot prove causation, diagnose a real patient, or justify action outside this room.
One exam-style question that uses exactly what you practiced today. Try it before you reveal the answer, then read why each choice is right or wrong.
Tap an answer to see the full explanation. Nothing is recorded or graded.
It builds this reusable test skill: Recognizing credible scientific sources and why sample size matters.
- Name the concept or data pattern being tested.
- Cross out choices that violate that rule or the evidence.
- Justify the best remaining choice before checking the answer.