that would be found under the same conditions in wild prairies.
Results From the data we put into Minitab, the program was able to compare these values and this showed that the concentrations of salt in each tray’s water had a significant (statistically speaking) effect on the height of the plants (Fig. 2), and that the longer the plants were exposed to the concentrations the more detrimental the effects (Fig. 1). The combined concentrations and days effect on the radish plants can be seen in the different growth rates from minitab (Fig. 3).
Figure 1, Overall Growth
Represented in Fig. 1, we can see the overall growth of the different concentrations. Clearly represented by this data is that the higher the concentration of salt the slower they grew, if they grew at all. Although this graph is 95% accurate, meaning it isn’t 100% certain of the data. It shows a range for the mean growth of each concentration, therefore, some of the ranges can overlap and can alter our conclusion. On the whole, however, there is a noticeable drop in growth based upon the concentrations.…show more content… The independent variable is the day number, and the dependent variable is the height which changes in accordance to the day. We see our results displayed here for each plant, there are 72 marks to represent each plant in the experiment, each plant is coded by color to denote the concentration of salt with which it was watered. As is displayed with the line of best fit, the growth of the 0 gram concentrated plants was at a higher rate than the others, mostly, descending in accordance to the concentration. Note that the concentration of 1.3 grams grew slower than 2.0 grams, which did not fit the hypothesis and is discussed more in the discussion section. Overall, this information generally fits our hypothesis, as the concentrated test subjects grew at a slower rate than the control
