This section will be used to publish resources for fish researchers and animal care staff.
4-Experimental design and statistical analysis
There are extensive sources of guidance on study design and statistical analysis in a separate section of this website. These, together with a statistician, should be consulted at an early stage.
Other sections of the PREPARE guidelines cover the animal and facility related issues of experimental design.
An additional critical part of "experimental design" is evaluation of the animals' housing, husbandry and care. See the section on Housing and Husbandry.
- How to plan animal studies well (on-demand webinar from Responsible Research in Practice)
- More on-demand webinars on experimental design
4c
Choose methods of randomisation, prevent observer bias, and decide upon inclusion and exclusion criteria.
General principles
For fish researchers