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Getting help on undergraduate project

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  • 03-02-2022 5:49pm
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    Olwas2014
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭


    Hello,

    I am doing an undergraduate ecology research project on the Natterjack Toad. There have been previous surveys carried out in the past on the Natterjack Toad carried out by consultancies or researchers for the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

    Anyway, to cut to the chase, their methodologies are very simialr to mine, a similar data layout (both Monitoring projects), so I envisage I would have similar data analyses also. I am currently planning the best way to analyse the data but I am at a loss at the moment. Would it be wrong to get in contact with the authors of these past publications to bounce a few questions at them on how they approached the data analysis? I obviously wouldn't plagiaraise, all the discussion and results interpretation would be my own.


    TL;DR: Is it frowned upon to ask an expert in the field from outside your college/degree for advice on an undergraduate project?



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