Spider Update

Sorry it has been so long since my last posting, but I am going to try to make up for it. The good news is that I am finally ready to do a run for my project. I have 16 mature males and 9 mature females ready to go. I am mating them tomorrow! I also will be meeting with my advisor. So I plan to talk about statistical design. As of now, it looks like I will be using ANOVA, ANCOVA, and some t-tests. I am sure this may change as I go along and get a better idea of what I am doing. Also, the males that I am planning to sterilize will have to be placed in a straw using cotton as the stoppers. I took from this class that I should also do this straw cotton treatment for the fertile males as well minus the irradiation of course. Something I am also planning to avoid is confounding my study with time/seasonal issues. Since I can't run all of my runs at once, I plan to have all of my treatment and control groups represented in each run!