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Drummond, Gordon B.; Vowler, Sarah L. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2012
Most biological scientists conduct experiments to look for effects, and test the results statistically. One of the commonly used test is Student's t test. However, this test concentrates on a very limited question. The authors assume that there is no effect in the experiment, and then estimate the possibility that they could have obtained these…
Descriptors: Statistical Significance, Scientists, Tests, Biology