S4E78 CUBE chatShaala: "Analysis of Nail Data"

Quoted by @drishtantmkawale
Crucial developments took place in the Nail session wherein the observations of a handful of subjects (sample providers) were meticulously looked upon.
First, the Nail growth of a 25year old female was viewed.
The cumulative nail growth that took place over a period of five complete weeks is indicated below:
Week1: 1.8mm, W2: 3.5mm, W3: 4.1mm, W4: 4.5mm, W5: 5.3mm
Nail growth/week:
W0-W1: 1.8mm, W1-W2: 1.7mm, W2-W3: 0.6mm, W3-W4: 0.4mm, W4-W5: 0.8mm
An initial increase followed by a stark decrease then again a slight increase (per week)

What does this indicate?
What could be the possible reasons for this type of nail growth?
Is it seen in every person or it is just a chance event?

Next, to know more about the pattern of nail growth, observations from two more subjects viz. 19year old female and 19year old male were considered.

The cumulative growth and the respective graphs (X-axis: weeks, Y-axis: growth in millimetres) have been indicated in the above picture.
Although the 19F observations aren’t uniform (starting from week1 along with other anomalies), one can infer from the graph’s green line (19F) that the nail growth is increasing and then there’s a short plateau followed by a steep rise.
On the other part, 19M’s nail growth is consistent throughout.

What does this tell us?
As there are a lot of observations yet to be glanced upon, at the same time, there is a need for an increase in the sample size (i.e. more observations) to consider the outcomes of the analyses valid.
Along with this, regular observations and discussions are cardinal, in order to know more, learn better on the piece of keratin that continues growing on everyone’s fingers.

You are just a Mehendi/Henna cone away!

webinar.hbcse.tifr.res.in

HBCSE Webinar

A front-end for HBCSE web conferencing server. You can create your own rooms to host sessions, or join others using a short and convenient link.

Please click on the HBCSE WEBINAR (BLUE) to join the CUBE ChatShaala
Timing:5.30 pm to 9.30 pm
Kindly add your place/affiliation alongside your name while joining

Looking forward to your participation :smiley:
Thanks

448th day of CUBE ChatShaala: 10th June 2021
17 CUBists from 17 Centres had joined the webinar
Map

ASSAM
Jorhat: Ishita Sonowal

DELHI
Dyal Singh College: Dr P. Chitralekha

JHARKHAND
Kokar, Ranchi: Man Masih Beck

KERALA
Kozhikode: Arunima
Thriprayar, Thrissur: Aswathy Suresh
Kandassankadavu: Lakshmy PJ
SN College, Nattika: Seethalakshmi CR
Palakkad: Shrudhiga

MAHARASHTRA
Thane: Anshu Kadam
South Bombay: Arunan MC
Nerul: Drishtant M Kawale
NES Ratnam College, Mumbai: Meena K
Bandra, Mumbai: Saida Sayyed
Kalyan: Shivam Kumar Sriwas
Panvel, Navi Mumbai: Shraddha Sonavane

UTTAR PRADESH
Moradabad: Kiran Yadav

WEST BENGAL
Kolkata: Batul Pipewala

Note
CUBist(s) who had joined today but their name isn’t included in the list, kindly reply to this message.