What exactly is 'N' in cell culture and animal experiments?
Biologists determine experimental effects by perturbing biological entities or units. When done appropriately, independent replication of the entity-intervention pair contributes to the sample size (N) and forms the basis of statistical inference. If the wrong entity-intervention pair is chosen, an...
Main Authors: | Stanley E Lazic, Charlie J Clarke-Williams, Marcus R Munafò |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-04-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2005282 |
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