Concept
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Emphasis
in
your teaching
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General
importance
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1.
Without positive and negative controls, experimental results are almost always
uninterpretable.
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| 2.
An well designed hypothesis leads to clear and distinct predictions
that can be validated or disproven by experimental observation. |
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3.
Unconscious bias can enter many types of experiments; it can be best controlled
for through the use of 'double-blind' experimental protocols
and placebo-controls.
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4.
The ability to reproduce an experiment is key; an experiment that cannot be reproduced
cannot be interpreted.
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| 5. Investigators
must honestly report their methods, observations and interpretation
so that other can reproduce them. |
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| 6. Keeping
of a legible, well-dated, and complete record of experiments
is important not only in terms of enabling others to reproduce
or reconstruct previous experiments, but in establishing
the priority of specific discoveries. |
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| 7. Work
performed in a lab, either University, public or private sector,
is the property of the lab, not the investigator (this needs
to be stated more accurately). |
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| 8. To withhold
information that clearly argues against the conclusions of
an experimental study is as dishonest as fabricating data that
supports the desired conclusion. |
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| 9. Failure to acknowledge the contributions of others, whether
past workers or co-workers is plagiarism. |
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