In: Case Study
After the Nature checklists – what’s next?
December 19, 2017In the November issue of our Newsletter, we have featured a publication by the NPQIP Collaborative Group (LINK) that analyzed the…
Read MoreThe Birthday Paradox
November 10, 2017In biomedical research, dealing with probabilities is part of the daily routine for many scientists, independently of their specific research area….
Read MoreRandomization – The Horizon homeopathic dilution experiment
October 11, 2017All Case Study publications presented in this section have received a lot of interest among the scientific community and are particularly…
Read MoreFrom dull rats and bright rats
September 28, 2017In 1963, Robert Rosenthal and Kermit L. Fode supervised an animal study performed by students in order to gain further experience…
Read MoreGlyphosate and the importance of transparent reporting
September 1, 2017Glyphosate, or N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine, is a widely used broad-spectrum, nonselective herbicide that has been in use since 1974. Glyphosate effectively suppresses the…
Read MoreError bars can convey misleading information
July 26, 2017by Martin C. Michel The most common type of graphical data reporting are bar graphs depicting means with SEM error bars….
Read MoreThe different sample size of inter-connected research methods
June 7, 2017We will continue presenting Case Study publications that are particularly interesting from the Good Research Practice perspective. We hope that these…
Read MoreWhy details matter
May 19, 2017The Materials and Methods section is a crucial component of any formal lab report, such as a scientific publication. This part…
Read MoreNeed for a particularly rigorous planning of studies that are likely to raise a lot of attention when results are published
April 19, 2017After being published, research findings often become a subject of replication efforts. Such replication efforts may be especially important when the…
Read MoreEffect Vibrations and a Roman God
March 19, 2017There are a large number of ways how to analyze the same data set. Depending on the decision made in handling,…
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