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Re:The emotional toll of caring for research animals by SpaceManNabs on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @05:31PM (#35159083)
I wonder if they ran an a prior power analysis to see if the effect size they were looking for even had a good chance of being discovered.
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Re:The emotional toll of caring for research animals by Fomite on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @05:37PM (#35159185)
If they are at all subject to a functional IACUC (i.e. at a university) this is required. The bar for testing things on (especially charismatic) animals is quite high.
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Re:The emotional toll of caring for research animals by SpaceManNabs on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @06:45PM (#35160235)
I have seen otherwise. And statistical literacy is quite low.
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Re:The emotional toll of caring for research animals by Fomite on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @06:48PM (#35160290)
On the second point we agree - but I have seen people absolutely torn apart for sloppy sample size calculations when it comes to animals.
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