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Asked by monkey_girl to Amy, Craig, Laura, Partha, Saffron on 15 Jun 2015.
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Craig Doig answered on 15 Jun 2015:
Hi
my data is mostly numbers and pictures. I use the numbers to make graphs (bar charts and pie charts etc..)the numbers are very boring but you can make the graphs look pretty !
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Amy Cameron answered on 16 Jun 2015:
My data comes in different forms – numbers like Craig has described but also visual. I do Western blotting where you end up with little bands at different heights which represents the different weights. These bands represent a certain protein. I also do microscopy so get images of cells. I treat the cells with different things called probes or stains to make different parts of a cell visible e.g. The nucleus. These will come up as a different colour. This can be measured on a computer program to give a numerical value for the size or brightness for example. I do a lot of experiments where you see a change of colour. This can be measured on a machine which will give a numerical value to the amount of colour change. Ultimately every experiment can be converted to numerical value so I use excel and other statist all computer packages a lot!
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Laura Wales answered on 17 Jun 2015:
In my current job, because it’s not research I’m doing it’s more about measuring the performance of my lab and the staff to make sure we’re providing a top notch service. Data I collect and analyse regularly are:
– Average quality of sperm samples on a monthly basis
– Accuracy of reports
– Internal and external quality control to measure staff performance level
– Loads of donor data
– How many patients we see for freezing sperm and the reason for it (chemo, radiotherapy, hormone therapy, back-up)
– PregnanciesIt’s pretty much all numbers and graphs and Excel is my friend.
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