Objectives

Understand how academic articles are structured
Demonstrate the ability to find information in an academic article efficiently
Analyze and describe the steps involved in Dr. Wortman's biodegradable mulch experiment.
Compare standard deviation and standard error
Evaluate why standard deviation was important for the mulch decomposition data
Calculate the average, standard deviation and standard error in Excel
Create a bar graph in Excel with error bars included of the mulch decomposition data
Apply the results of the experiment to determine which biodegradable alternative performed best in trials.