{"id":2366,"date":"2013-10-08T19:54:25","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T02:54:25","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-04T15:38:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T22:38:45","slug":"2366","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/2366","title":{"rendered":"What is the Data Matrix and how is it used?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Data Matrix is a data-collection mode in LabQuest App (v. 1.5 or newer). It was created to improve data collection in the field by addressing several key issues. These include:<\/p>\n<p>1. Collecting data at multiple locations and over multiple days, all in one file.<br \/>\n2. Collecting data from more sensors than there are ports available.<br \/>\n3. Collecting data from certain combinations of water quality sensors that previously could not be used together due to electrical interference.<\/p>\n<p>Detailed instructions can be found at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.vernier.com\/manuals\/vernier-labquest-data-matrix-instructions.pdf\">http:\/\/www2.vernier.com\/manuals\/vernier-labquest-data-matrix-instructions.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vC5CwvVuJTI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Related:<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/til\/2938\/\">What do I need to do to prepare for outdoor data collection?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/til\/2802\/\">How do I map GPS data collected on a LabQuest?<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Data Matrix is a data-collection mode in LabQuest App (v. 1.5 or newer). It was created to improve data collection in the field by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1073,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3900,3901,1797,3902],"class_list":["post-2366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-data-matrix","tag-steak","tag-water-quality","tag-wq-wqv"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}