Statistics plays a crucial role in life science research by providing tools to analyze, interpret, and draw meaningful conclusions from experimental data. It allows researchers to make informed decisions, assess the reliability of their findings, and understand the variability found within biological systems.

As life scientists, we face many difficulties in generating meaningful results and sometimes are guilty of applying certain statistical tests or reanalyzing data to reach a statistical threshold. However, this is not best practice and can result in irreproducible data that affects the scientific rigor of your data.

This course will enable you to better understand best practices in:

• experimental design

• data hygiene (record keeping)

• statistical analyses

This will help you to improve your experimental results and provide more certainty in your conclusions.