Open AccessDistinguishing between Exploratory and Confirmatory Preclinical Research Will Improve Translation
Author(s) -
Jonathan Kimmelman,
Jeffrey S. Mogil,
Ulrich Dirnagl
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001863
Subject(s) - leverage (statistics) , psychological intervention , confirmatory factor analysis , translational research , exploratory research , psychology , data science , biology , computer science , structural equation modeling , artificial intelligence , microbiology and biotechnology , machine learning , psychiatry , sociology , anthropology
Kimmelman and colleagues argue that the key to improving preclinical research lies in distinguishing between two different modes of research: exploratory vs. confirmatory.
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