Experimental Design for Laboratory Biologists: Maximising Information and Improving Reproducibility - Hardcover

Lazic, Stanley E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107074290 ISBN 13: 9781107074293

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Specifically intended for lab-based biomedical researchers, this practical guide shows how to design experiments that are reproducible, with low bias, high precision, and widely applicable results. With specific examples from research using both cell cultures and model organisms, it explores key ideas in experimental design, assesses common designs, and shows how to plan a successful experiment. It demonstrates how to control biological and technical factors that can introduce bias or add noise, and covers rarely discussed topics such as graphical data exploration, choosing outcome variables, data quality control checks, and data pre-processing. It also shows how to use R for analysis, and is designed for those with no prior experience. An accompanying website (https://stanlazic.github.io/EDLB.html) includes all R code, data sets, and the labstats R package. This is an ideal guide for anyone conducting lab-based biological research, from students to principle investigators working in either academia or industry.

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About the Author

Stanley E. Lazic holds a PhD in Neuroscience and a Masters degree in Computational Biology from the University of Cambridge and has conducted research at the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, and Harvard University, Massachusetts. He has written several papers on reproducible research and the design and analysis of biological experiments, and has published in Science and Nature. He is currently a Team Leader in Quantitative Biology (Statistics) at AstraZeneca.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107074290
• ISBN 13: 9781107074293
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 229