Chapter 12
Statistics in Practice
![What is an Experiment?](https://jovecdn2.ccindex.cn/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/13635.jpg)
An experiment is a planned activity carried out under controlled conditions. The purpose of an experiment is to investigate the relationship between…
![Study Design in Statistics](https://jovecdn2.ccindex.cn/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/13636.jpg)
A study design is a set of techniques that allow a researcher to collect and analyze data from different variables defined for a specific research…
![Experimental Designs](https://jovecdn2.ccindex.cn/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/14084.jpg)
An experimental design is a systematic process that allows researchers to evaluate the relationship between dependent and independent variables.…
![Randomized Experiments](https://jovecdn2.ccindex.cn/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/13640.jpg)
The randomization process involves assigning study participants randomly to experimental or control groups based on their probability of being…
![Controls in Experiments](https://jovecdn2.ccindex.cn/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/13639.jpg)
When conducting an experiment, it is crucial to have control to reduce bias and accurately measure the dependent variables. It also marks the results…
![Bias](https://jovecdn2.ccindex.cn/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/14086.jpg)
Bias refers to any tendency that prevents a question from being considered unprejudiced. In research, bias occurs when one outcome or answer is…
![Recording Brain Electromagnetic Activity During the Administration of the Gaseous Anesthetic Agents Xenon and Nitrous Oxide in Healthy Volunteers](https://jovecdn2.ccindex.cn/files/thumbs/56881_t.png)
Anesthesia arguably provides one of the only systematic ways to study the neural correlates of global consciousness/unconsciousness. However to date…
![LC-MS Analysis of Human Platelets as a Platform for Studying Mitochondrial Metabolism](https://jovecdn2.ccindex.cn/files/thumbs/53941_t.png)
Perturbed mitochondrial metabolism has received renewed interest as playing a causative role in a range of diseases. Probing alterations to metabolic…