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NTP 701

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY

1 credit.

Application of the scientific method and experimental design, with a focus on experimental neuroscience. Topics include best practices that underlie robust and unbiased experimental approaches, methods, analyses, data interpretation and transparent reporting of results.

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Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify appropriate experimental designs relevant to contemporary neuroscience research Audience: Graduate 2. Recognize well-designed, well-controlled experiments Audience: Graduate 3. Consider experimental design and analysis principles in their own research Audience: Graduate 4. Describe appropriate quantitative approaches used in a variety of experimental systems Audience: Graduate 5. Recognize (in)appropriate uses of statistics in neuroscience data analysis, interpreting results, and forming appropriate conclusions Audience: Graduate 6. Select appropriate application of statistics to neuroscience data in different experimental paradigms Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify appropriate experimental designs relevant to contemporary neuroscience research Audience: Graduate 2. Recognize well-designed, well-controlled experiments Audience: Graduate 3. Consider experimental design and analysis principles in their own research Audience: Graduate 4. Describe appropriate quantitative approaches used in a variety of experimental systems Audience: Graduate 5. Recognize (in)appropriate uses of statistics in neuroscience data analysis, interpreting results, and forming appropriate conclusions Audience: Graduate 6. Select appropriate application of statistics to neuroscience data in different experimental paradigms Audience: Graduate

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