Assessment

• written report
• 5 pages max, inc. references and figures
• focus mainly on the methods and results
• brief intro & discussion (paragraph each)
• deadline for feedback July 21
• final deadline July 28
• don’t forget to provide access to the project code!

Some guiding questions for your report

• What is the main question / hypothesis that you aim to address in your project?
• Describe the data, your model and all your parameter choices
• Could someone else repeat your analysis based on the info you provide?
• If applicable, how did you assess MCMC convergence? See Week 6 materials.
• Did you encounter any issues?
• How do your results differ to previously published results?

Data sources

• Graeme Lloyd’s database of character matrices.
• Age info for many of these matrices can be found in this paper.
• Statistical evaluation of character support reveals the instability of higher‐level dinosaur phylogeny
• Trilobite evolutionary rates constrain the duration of the Cambrian explosion