Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

Anonymous
Anonymous asked in Science & MathematicsBiology · 1 day ago

What kind of statistical analysis could I do for this research question?

This research isn't happening, I'm just creating a proposal. My question is asking whether a neonicotinoid insecticide affects honey bee foraging.

For the experiment, I'll be putting 100 (50 treated and 50 control) honey bees, one at a time, into a testing arena where they'll have to manipulate a fake flower to get a sucrose reward. I'm timing them, max up to 5 mins, and I'll see if the treated ones are slower to manipulate the flower and obtain the reward than the control groups.

I'm not sure what type of analysis I could do on this data. 

1 Answer

Relevance
  • Girl
    Lv 5
    1 day ago

    It looks as if you are comparing two groups and assessing the impact of a neonicotinoid on their foraging behaviour. First you would do the necessary normality checks on your data, transform if necessary if your data does not meet the requirement of normality and then pick a test accordingly, comparing two groups. A paired t-test may be good for this.

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.