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How many cells? Nicholas Ostrout, Ph.D. |
This is a question I hear often; "How many cells must I analyze for it to be statistically significant?" Although I haven't ever been quite sure of the answer to that question, I now have something concrete to provide thanks to a recent trip to Auburn and a posting I noticed on the wall. I'm sure others have wondered or heard this asked before, so I thought this might be helpful to share with everyone. I have actually made copies of it and also a pdf version to distribute if people would like it. You can also get it here . Thanks to Allison Church Bird at Auburn who got it from the Bowdoin Course. There is a reference at the bottom to 'Wallce and Muirhead', so we should probably send a thanks their way too! I'm sure there are other ways people determine how many cells they must collect for their results to be statistically significant, so if you have a better way or use something different, write about it in the forum. It would be great for us to start a discussion about it and pass the knowledge around. Cheers.
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