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> wrote:
> I was very overwhelmed and discouraged by the responses I received - I wa=
nted to admit my mistake and lack of experience so that I am fully aware of=
the limitations of my study, and listen openly to constructive criticism. =
Looking back, I would do a lot of things differently (obviously). Being tol=
d that my work was apalling and unfit for research was pretty rough, though=
. I have very little time, money, or experience, and many of you do, and I =
truly have done my best.
Laura don't be discouraged; it's a tough lesson, sure. It would have been b=
etter if you knew all this before you started recording, but now is a bette=
r time to learn than than after you submitted your paper/thesis.
I think your openness and honesty are very good qualities for a scientist; =
it is the only way forward.
Even though people have said these are bad recordings, and I said you will =
run into trouble in peer review later for using MP3, the situation is certa=
inly not hopeless, as Raimund also says. As long as you know the limitation=
s, which you now do, you can certainly still use your recordings for many r=
esearch purposes. I would just briefly mention in the Materials & Methods t=
hat the recording settings were inadvertently set to MP3 (with the bit rate=
whatever it was), and that this precludes detailed spectral analyses, but =
allows for the things you want to measure.
And, frankly, the voice of this birds looks quite complex so I wouldn't be =
sure how informative the canonical spectral measures that people normally p=
erform would be anyway.
All the best and good luck with your study!
Gabriel
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