Constantinos Eleftheriou (@celefthe.bsky.social)

What is sample size in neuroscience? And what happens when we get it wrong? Our article in @MolecularAutism explores the prevalence of pseudoreplication, a form of statistical error which occurs when we get this wrong, in the FXS and NDD literature. edin.ac/3ZYkpdI 🧵

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Better statistical reporting does not lead to statistical rigour: lessons from two decades of pseudoreplication in mouse-model studies of neurological disorders - Molecular Autism Background Accurately determining the sample size (“N”) of a dataset is a key consideration for experimental design. Misidentification of sample size can lead to pseudoreplication, a process of artifi... https://edin.ac/3ZYkpdI