Verifiedintermediate
Before you survey anyone
Consent, assent, minors, and the approval that must come before recruitment — not after.
- consent
- irb
- surveys
- +1
Human Participants8 min
Resources
Curated guides, templates, and reading — the things worth knowing before you need them.
17 resources
Verifiedintermediate
Choosing a statistical test
A decision path from your design to the right test, and what to do when the assumptions fail.
- tests
- t-test
- anova
- +1
Statistics8 min
Verifiedintermediate
Designing an experiment that survives review
Variables, controls, replication, randomisation, and blinding — what each one is protecting you from.
- design
- controls
- replication
- +1
Experimental Design9 min
Verifiedbeginner
How to turn an interest into a project
A four-step method for getting from "I like marine biology" to a question you can test with the equipment you actually have.
- topic-selection
- scoping
- getting-started
Choosing a Topic6 min
Verifiedintermediate
Reading a paper without reading all of it
The three-pass method: how to decide in ten minutes whether a paper is worth an hour.
- reading
- triage
- notes
Literature Reviews7 min
Verifiedintermediate
Research integrity for student projects
Attribution, data handling, and the grey areas that get projects disqualified.
- integrity
- attribution
- honesty
Research Ethics7 min
Verifiedbeginner
The IMRaD structure
What belongs in Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion — and the sentences that end up in the wrong one.
- imrad
- structure
- paper
Scientific Writing6 min
Verifiedintermediate
The questions judges actually ask
Twelve recurring interview questions and what a strong answer contains.
- judging
- interview
- questions
Verifiedintermediate
What separates a finalist project from a good one
Patterns that recur in projects that place, drawn from judging rubrics rather than from any single project.
- judging
- rubrics
- quality
Example Projects8 min
Verifiedbeginner
Abstract self-review checklist
Fifteen checks to run on your abstract before submitting it.
- checklist
- abstract
- editing
Abstract Writing3 min
Verifiedbeginner
Engineering design criteria template
A fill-in template for stating design requirements, constraints, and test criteria before you build.
- template
- requirements
- iteration
Engineering Safety4 min
Verifiedintermediate
Hedging: saying exactly how sure you are
The vocabulary of scientific caution, and why over-claiming costs more than it gains.
- claims
- hedging
- precision
Scientific Writing6 min
Verifiedintermediate
Operational definitions
Turning "healthier", "faster", and "better" into something two people would measure the same way.
- measurement
- definitions
- reproducibility
Verifiedintermediate
Risk assessment for build projects
A five-column method for identifying and controlling hazards in mechanical, electrical, and thermal builds.
- risk-assessment
- electrical
- mechanical
Engineering Safety8 min
Verifiedintermediate
Structuring a literature review
Why chronological reviews read badly, and what to organise by instead.
- writing
- structure
- argument
Literature Reviews6 min
Verifiedbeginner
Variables: independent, dependent, controlled, confounding
How to identify all four in your own design, with a worked example.
- variables
- confounds
- design
Verifiedintermediate
Your model needs a baseline
Why 94% accuracy can be a terrible result, and what to compare against instead.
- baseline
- evaluation
- metrics
Machine Learning7 min