Experimental Design Landing page

Experiment

The experiment node is where you describe the high level information about experiment, such as objectives and the effect size you are interested in

Animal Characteristics

The characteristics of the animals used can have a large influence on both the results and the analysis methods used to analyse those results

Independent variables

Variables that are manipulated in the experiment, including independent variables of interest and nuisance variables

Group and sample size

Group nodes are where you can define your groups, and add details of the sample size

Experimental unit

The experimental unit is the entity subjected to an intervention independently of all other units

Allocation

Allocation is the process by which experimental units are assigned to experimental groups

Blinding

Blinding is important to avoid unknowingly influencing the behaviour of animals, measurements of results, or analysis of experiments

Intervention

An intervention is what the experimental units are subjected to in order to test your hypothesis

Measurement

Measurements are the process animals or samples are subjected to in order to collect data

Analysis

In hypothesis-testing experiments, statistical analysis helps determine the weight of evidence against the null hypothesis

Glossary

Key terms in experimental design