Examples of Data Collection and Processing

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eaton E. Lattman ◽  
Thomas D. Grant ◽  
Edward H. Snell
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Crystal Packing ◽  
Real Space ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Oligomeric State ◽  
Saxs Data ◽  
High Quality Data ◽  
Space Modeling ◽  
Data Collection Procedure

This chapter provides a detailed example of SAXS data analysis from a well behaving system. After collecting the SAXS data, several data analysis procedures are illustrated to ensure the data were of sufficient quality. Many of these steps are performed by comparing multiple concentrations from a dilution series, demonstrating the importance of this step in the data collection procedure for ensuring high quality data. Finally, real space modeling and shape reconstructions are shown to determine the oligomeric state as a tetramer, and identify the correct oligomeric assembly from crystal packing predictions.

Collecting High-Quality Data

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Kay Gugerty ◽  
Dean Karlan
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Measurement Errors ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Social Desirability Bias ◽  
High Quality ◽  
High Quality Data ◽  
Evaluation Systems ◽  
Demand Effect

Without high-quality data, even the best-designed monitoring and evaluation systems will collapse. Chapter 7 introduces some the basics of collecting high-quality data and discusses how to address challenges that frequently arise. High-quality data must be clearly defined and have an indicator that validly and reliably measures the intended concept. The chapter then explains how to avoid common biases and measurement errors like anchoring, social desirability bias, the experimenter demand effect, unclear wording, long recall periods, and translation context. It then guides organizations on how to find indicators, test data collection instruments, manage surveys, and train staff appropriately for data collection and entry.

scholarly journals ImageJ and 3D Slicer: open source 2/3D morphometric software

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Pye ◽  
Nussaȉbah B Raja ◽  
Bryan Shirley ◽  
Ádám T Kocsis ◽  
Niklas Hohmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Programming Languages ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
High Quality Data ◽  
3D Slicer ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Digital Methods ◽  
Imagej Plugin

In a world where an increasing number of resources are hidden behind paywalls and monthly subscriptions, it is becoming crucial for the scientific community to invest energy into freely available, community-maintained systems. Open-source software projects offer a solution, with freely available code which users can utilise and modify, under an open source licence. In addition to software accessibility and methodological repeatability, this also enables and encourages the development of new tools. As palaeontology moves towards data driven methodologies, it is becoming more important to acquire and provide high quality data through reproducible systematic procedures. Within the field of morphometrics, it is vital to adopt digital methods that help mitigate human bias from data collection. In addition,m mathematically founded approaches can reduce subjective decisions which plague classical data. This can be further developed through automation, which increases the efficiency of data collection and analysis. With these concepts in mind, we introduce two open-source shape analysis software, that arose from projects within the medical imaging field. These are ImageJ, an image processing program with batch processing features, and 3DSlicer which focuses on 3D informatics and visualisation. They are easily extensible using common programming languages, with 3DSlicer containing an internal python interactor, and ImageJ allowing the incorporation of several programming languages within its interface alongside its own simplified macro language. Additional features created by other users are readily available, on GitHub or through the software itself. In the examples presented, an ImageJ plugin “FossilJ” has been developed which provides semi-automated morphometric bivalve data collection. 3DSlicer is used with the extension SPHARM-PDM, applied to synchrotron scans of coniform conodonts for comparative morphometrics, for which small assistant tools have been created.

scholarly journals Information Explanatory Applications in Street Activity Security – A Survey

2020 ◽  
pp. 81-83
Author(s):  
Samsudeen S ◽  
Salomi M
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Path Selection ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
High Quality ◽  
High Quality Data ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Improvement Strategies ◽  
Paper Survey

The paper survey helps to diminish the start-up complex of knowledge assortment and clear analytics for factual modeling & course improvement for probability connected by engine vehicles. We tend to seem that the writing is isolated into 2 totally different inquire concerning areas: (a) discerning/illustrative methods which endeavor in order to urge it and assess clatter hazard supported distinctive powerful conditions, and (b) improvement strategies which center by minimizing clatter probability by route, path-selection and break design. Interpretation based on inquire concerning results of the 2 streams are restricted to beat the problem that tends to show freely accessible high-quality data sources (diverse take into account plans, result factors, and indicator factors) and communicative instructive strategies (information summarization, visualization, and measuring decrease) which are used for understanding safer-routing and provides code to encourage data collection/exploration by practitioners/res

scholarly journals ImageJ and 3D Slicer: open source 2/3D morphometric software

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Pye ◽  
Nussaȉbah B Raja ◽  
Bryan Shirley ◽  
Ádám T Kocsis ◽  
Niklas Hohmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Programming Languages ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
High Quality Data ◽  
3D Slicer ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Digital Methods ◽  
Imagej Plugin

In a world where an increasing number of resources are hidden behind paywalls and monthly subscriptions, it is becoming crucial for the scientific community to invest energy into freely available, community-maintained systems. Open-source software projects offer a solution, with freely available code which users can utilise and modify, under an open source licence. In addition to software accessibility and methodological repeatability, this also enables and encourages the development of new tools. As palaeontology moves towards data driven methodologies, it is becoming more important to acquire and provide high quality data through reproducible systematic procedures. Within the field of morphometrics, it is vital to adopt digital methods that help mitigate human bias from data collection. In addition, mathematically founded approaches can reduce subjective decisions which plague classical data. This can be further developed through automation, which increases the efficiency of data collection and analysis. With these concepts in mind, we introduce two open-source shape analysis software, that arose from projects within the medical imaging field. These are ImageJ, an image processing program with batch processing features, and 3D Slicer which focuses on 3D informatics and visualisation. They are easily extensible using common programming languages, with 3D Slicer containing an internal python interactor, and ImageJ allowing the incorporation of several programming languages within its interface alongside its own simplified macro language. Additional features created by other users are readily available, on GitHub or through the software itself. In the examples presented, an ImageJ plugin “FossilJ” has been developed which provides semi-automated morphometric bivalve data collection. 3D Slicer is used with the extension SPHARM-PDM, applied to synchrotron scans of coniform conodonts for comparative morphometrics, for which small assistant tools have been created in Python.

scholarly journals CCP-FEL: a collection of computer programs for free-electron laser research

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 1117-1120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filipe R. N. C. Maia ◽  
Thomas A. White ◽  
N. Duane Loh ◽  
Janos Hajdu
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Free Electron ◽  
Free Electron Laser ◽  
Online Monitoring ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Diffractive Imaging ◽  
Collection Selection ◽  
Selection Of

The latest virtual special issue ofJournal of Applied Crystallography(http://journals.iucr.org/special_issues/2016/ccpfel) collects software for free-electron laser research and presents tools for a range of topics such as simulation of experiments, online monitoring of data collection, selection of hits, diagnostics of data quality, data management, data analysis and structure determination for both nanocrystallography and single-particle diffractive imaging. This article provides an introduction to the special issue.

scholarly journals How Experimental Psychologists Write the Method Sections of Journal Articles

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Weijen Zhuang
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Experimental Psychology ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Method Section ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Writing Courses ◽  
Psychology Major ◽  
Data Collection Procedure

This paper reports an investigation on the move structures and cognitive genres found in the methods sections of research articles (RAs) in the field of experimental psychology. Thirty RAs of experimental psychology were analyzed in terms of the move structure and the cognitive genre applied to realize the moves. The analysis of the move structure of these research articles showed that the basic moves were: describing participants, describing data collection procedure(s) and explaining data analysis. The analysis of the cognitive genres used in the methods sections showed that authors typically require more than one cognitive genre to realize the major moves of the methods sections. The most commonly used cognitive genres in realizing the method section of a RA of experimental psychology were explanation and report. This suggests that the inclusion of the instruction of explanation and report in the EAP writing courses for the psychology major students is essential.

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