ONE of the striking characteristics of modern biological statistics is its insistence on experimental design. The most powerful methods of analysis can be used, and the greatest amount of information ...

Anyone who has washed dishes can tell you that a lot of stuff clings to dirty plates, glasses, and silverware after a meal. And anyone who has developed an automatic dishwasher detergent to clean the ...

Ethics committees and funding agencies often receive protocols that involve either too many or too few animals to answer the specific research question being investigated. It is evident that a greater ...

Data collection is sometimes performed without considering the effect poorly collected data has in the strength of statistical conclusions. When researchers properly design an experiment, they are ...