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Guidelines on statistics for researchers using laboratory animals: the essentials.

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¹1 Biotelligences LLC, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Laboratory Animals

|June 30, 2018

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Flawed statistics in animal research lead to unethical animal waste. This review offers biostatistics guidelines for researchers to improve experimental design, execution, and reporting, ensuring better reproducibility.

Keywords:

experimental design guidelines reproducibility sample size statistics

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Area of Science:

Biostatistics
Animal Research Ethics
Experimental Design

Background:

Growing concern over flawed statistics and poor reproducibility in animal research.
Ethical implications of animal waste due to deficient research practices.

Purpose of the Study:

Provide biostatistics guidelines for researchers in animal experimentation.
Address frequent statistical mistakes, misuses, and misconceptions.
Improve the design, execution, and reporting of experiments.

Main Methods:

Review of common statistical errors and misconceptions in animal research.
Formulation of twelve practical recommendations for researchers.
Focus on specific challenges within animal experimentation.

Main Results:

Twelve key recommendations covering sampling, sample size optimization, statistical test selection, p-value interpretation, and results reporting.
Identification of critical statistical issues for researchers to consider.

Conclusions:

Implementing these biostatistics guidelines can enhance the quality and reproducibility of animal research.
Reducing flawed statistics minimizes unethical animal waste.
Promoting sound statistical practices is crucial for ethical and effective scientific inquiry.