Considerations in the design of animal infection pilot studies

Ethical research with experimental systems (animals or humans) requires a rationale for the number of subjects to be included in a study. Standard methods for estimating sample size are not fit-for-purpose when the experimenter cannot predict the effect size/outcome with any certainty. These types o...

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Main Authors: Thomas R. Laws, Thomas C. Maishman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2022.948464/full