x1 09 Experimental Design
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Medieval Science Lab
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One of the most important decisions is what hypothesis to test.
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In the week 3 lab, you test the hypothesis that mediation and a crystal and cure a mutant fly. It is a long ago settled issue, but is serves to illustrate how to do statistics.
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When you have two groups (treatment and control) and categorical outcomes, the appropriate statistic is contingency Chi-squared.
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Hypothesis predicts crystal higher % ‘cure’ than control.
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