Autumn 20Week 208 20 20Creating 20a 20presentation

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Research Skills : 

Research Skills Making a presentation of your experiment

What do I need to do? : 

What do I need to do? Create a PowerPoint presentation of the results of your questionnaire study. The presentation should last only 5 minutes, so don't be too ambitious.

Slide 3: 

You will give this presentation sometime during week 9 or 10 to your academic advisor You will also need to submit a hard copy of your presentation (in handout format) with your lab report in week 10

A slide-by-slide breakdown : 

A slide-by-slide breakdown Title and your name Very brief background Hypotheses Population tested Graphic representation of results (tables or figures) Summary of findings (link to hypotheses)

Advice : 

Advice Don't put too much on a slide! Choose a legible colour scheme Red and blue do not go together Have either dark writing and a light background or light writing and a dark background

More advice : 

More advice Write a little: Does alcohol impair face recognition? Say a lot: “The experiment was designed to assess whether alcohol intake influences subsequent memory for faces”

Figures : 

Figures Decide what you want to show You don’t have to show all your data Fit the data you show to your hypotheses Some general principles: Be constant in your colour-coding Don’t get too flashy – 3D figures are much harder to understand

But how do I add a figure? : 

But how do I add a figure? Graphs: Copy and paste from Excel Use graph-builder in PowerPoint Drawings: Use ‘Shapes’ tool to make a line drawing

Number of slides : 

Number of slides Your presentation should only last 5 minutes! Approximately: Title: 1 slide Introduction: 1 slide Methods: 1 slide Results: 3-5 slides Discussion/Conclusion: 1 slide

Plan of action : 

Plan of action Week 8/9: Make a first draft of your presentation Week 9: Present to friends to help you practice; ask them for feedback; alter your slides if you need to Week 9/10: Present to academic advisor