week7.qmd

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title: "Week 7 | Reproducible manuscripts"
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## Class Details
📅 **Date:** 02 May, 2025  
⏰ **Time:** 14:30h - 16:30h   
📖 **Synopsis:** Evaluation of the experimental design figure, and providing feedback on best practices for reproducible manuscript writing.      
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### Done in Class

* Reviewed the experimental design figure for clarity, completeness, and logical flow.
* Assessed whether the figure effectively communicates the study’s objectives, data collection timeline, and key variables.
* Identified areas for improvement in visual presentation and labeling.
* Discussed common pitfalls and best practices in designing figures for clarity and aesthetics.
* Provided feedback on how to align the figure with the narrative of the manuscript.
* Shared guidelines for reproducible manuscript writing, emphasizing the importance of collaborative documents, narrative structure, version control, and appropriate citation of tools.

### To Do at Home

1. Continue writing the *Scientific Data* manuscript that describes the dataset analyzed throughout the course.
2. Clean up and reformat the *data analysis scripts*, following the best practices discussed in earlier classes.