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Preface |
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1 Reproducibility in Biomedical Research |
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1.2 Defining Reproducibility |
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1.3 Discipline Specific Terminology in the Biomedical Sciences? |
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7 | (1) |
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1.4 Experimental Factors in Addition to Statistics That Affect Reproducibility |
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1.5 The Impact of the Internet on the Evolution of Research Practices---Databases and Third Party Analyses |
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14 | (4) |
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1.6 The Reproducibility Problem |
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18 | (8) |
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1.7 The Literature on Reproducibility in Biomedical Research |
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26 | (5) |
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1.8 Is There a Reproducibility Crisis? |
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31 | (1) |
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1.9 Trouble at the Laboratory? |
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32 | (1) |
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32 | (12) |
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1.11 Reproducibility and Translational Medicine |
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44 | (7) |
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51 | (17) |
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54 | (14) |
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2 Experimental Planning and Execution |
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68 | (1) |
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2.2 Hypothesis Generation |
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68 | (4) |
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2.3 Experimental Planning |
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72 | (6) |
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2.4 Addressing the Basics in Experimental Design |
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78 | (3) |
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2.5 Preclinical Experimental Systems |
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81 | (12) |
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2.6 Transparency and Accountability: Documenting Experimental Detail |
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93 | (1) |
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2.8 Bias in Experimental Design |
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94 | (1) |
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2.9 Experimental Implementation |
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95 | (2) |
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2.10 Experimental Analysis |
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97 | (1) |
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2.11 Increasing the Probability of Generating Meaningful Results |
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98 | (10) |
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100 | (8) |
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3 Statistical Analysis in Preclinical Biomedical Research |
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3.1 Introduction---Background to Statistics---Use and Misuse |
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108 | (8) |
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3.2 Exploratory Research and Exploratory Data Analysis |
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116 | (6) |
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3.3 Data Transformation and Normalization |
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122 | (2) |
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3.4 The Experimental Subject |
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124 | (1) |
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3.5 Determining Sample Size (n) |
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124 | (3) |
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3.6 Inferential or Frequentist Statistics |
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127 | (7) |
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134 | (1) |
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3.8 Interpretation of Inferential Statistics |
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135 | (2) |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (1) |
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3.13 Is There a Need for a Real-World Accommodation of the Statistical Ideal? |
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142 | (4) |
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143 | (3) |
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146 | (1) |
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4.2 Preparing the Manuscript |
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146 | (3) |
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4.3 The Manuscript Structure---IMRAD |
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149 | (2) |
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4.4 Instructions/Guidelines for Authors |
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151 | (1) |
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4.5 Assembling the Manuscript |
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152 | (4) |
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156 | (16) |
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4.7 Discussion/Conclusions |
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172 | (2) |
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4.8 Materials and Methods |
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174 | (2) |
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176 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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177 | (3) |
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180 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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4.15 Practical Aspects of the Peer Review Process |
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181 | (17) |
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191 | (7) |
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5 Addressing Reproducibility: Peer Review, Impact Factors, Checklists, Guidelines, and Reproducibility Initiatives |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (11) |
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5.3 Practical Aspects of Peer Review |
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210 | (16) |
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226 | (5) |
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231 | (3) |
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5.6 Open Access Publishing (OAP) |
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234 | (6) |
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5.7 The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) |
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240 | (9) |
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5.8 Addressing the Future of Peer Review and the JIF |
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249 | (8) |
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5.9 Deemphasizing the JIF? |
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257 | (1) |
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5.10 Guidelines and Checklists |
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257 | (20) |
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277 | (4) |
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5.12 Reproducibility Initiatives (RIs) |
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281 | (2) |
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5.13 RIs in Practice: Concerns and Outcomes |
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283 | (3) |
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5.14 Reproducibility Initiatives---progress to date? |
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286 | (2) |
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5.15 Improving Reproducibility Outcomes---Where Are We? |
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288 | (20) |
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290 | (18) |
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6 Biomedical Research in the 21st Century: Multiple Challenges in Resolving Reproducibility Issues |
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308 | (1) |
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308 | (2) |
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6.3 Biomedical Research, Drug Discovery, and Development |
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310 | (7) |
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6.4 Drug Discovery: Technological Advances and Alternative Approaches |
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317 | (17) |
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6.5 Researchers---the Images, the Reality, the Incentives |
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334 | (3) |
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6.6 Reproducibility and the Research Culture |
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337 | (2) |
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339 | (1) |
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340 | (15) |
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344 | (11) |
Index |
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