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Replicates and repeats—what is the difference and is it significant?
Author(s) -
Vaux David L,
Fidler Fiona,
Cumming Geoff
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2012.36
Subject(s) - replicate , test (biology) , computational biology , biology , genetics , evolutionary biology , statistics , mathematics , ecology
Replicate samples are important, but they cannot be used to properly test the validity of a scientific hypothesis.