Understanding the amount of data you need for analysis

Using the right statistical parameters can better inform the design of experiments

Kuan Rong Chan, Ph.D.
Omics Diary
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2 min readDec 31, 2023

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Formulas to calculate the statistical parameters to estimate average and variation of data

Why do you need to do your experiments in at least triplicates? Should we do more replicates?

These are questions I often get from students. While adding more replicates can improve your confidence in the data…

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Kuan Rong Chan, Ph.D.
Omics Diary

Kuan Rong Chan, PhD, Senior Principal Research Scientist in Duke-NUS Medical School. Virologist | Data Scientist | Loves mahjong | Website: kuanrongchan.com