The design of animal experiments : reducing the use of animals in research through better experimental design / Michael FW Festing [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Festing, Michael F. W. (Michael Francis Wogan), 1937-

Laboratory Animals Ltd.

Royal Society of Medicine (Great Britain)

Series:

Laboratory animal handbooks ; no. 14.

Laboratory animal handbooks, 0458-5933 ; no. 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal experimentation.

Experimental design.

Laboratory animals.

Medicine--Research.

Medicine.

Animals, Laboratory.

Research Design.

Animal Experimentation.

Medical Subjects:

Animals, Laboratory.

Research Design.

Animal Experimentation.

Physical Description:

vi, 112 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Royal Society of Medicine, ©2002.

Summary:

This book is aimed at all research scientists who use laboratory animals, with the aim of helping them to design their own experiments more effectively and/or to improve their ability to communicate with professional statisticians when designing more complex experiments. It covers many aspects of experimental design, such as choice of experimental animal, which are not considered by most statistics textbooks. Conversely, it does not cover the more advanced designs or statistical methods.

Contents:

Basic principles of the design of animal experiments

Choice of animals

Understanding and controlling variation

Design of experiments

Determination of sample size

Presenting and interpreting the results and making decisions

Concluding remarks: putting the project together

Appendix 1: brief notes on statistical packages

Appendix 2: further reading.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1853155136

9781853155130

OCLC:

59404897