ArticleThe Journal of cell biology2024
Determining how many cells to average for statistical testing of microscopy experiments.
Article in The Journal of cell biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Abstract
From a statistical standpoint, individual cells are typically not independent experimental replicates. To test for differences in mean, cells from each experimental sample can be averaged and each sample's average treated as an n of 1. Here, I outline how to determine how many cells to average per sample.
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