Literature-Discussion

Apple

Lecture Notes

⬇︎ Introduction

⬇︎ Discussion


We will discuss a recent published article by Wassermann et al. in Frontiers in Microbiology about the influence of organic versus conventional grown apples. It is an easy read with a simple sampling design. We consider general aspects of the paper and you don’t have to understand all the details. Focus on the questions below and share your findings with us using the Google Slides document. It is an open format and contributions of any kind are welcome.

Questions

🍏 What do you like about the article?
🍎 Can you find shortcomings?
🍎 What do you expect from the study, reading the abstract more carefully?
🍎 Do you understand the sampling design?
🍎 Would you be able to reproduce the data analysis?
🍎 Where can you find the raw data?
🍎 Do you agree with the statistical tests applied?
🍎 Do you agree with the conclusions?
🍎 What are the main findings?
🍎 What do you think is missing?

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