Recent announcements by the US Government linking paracetamol use during pregnancy to autism in offspring highlight the risks of misinterpreting observational research to inform policy; this is a ...

Choose appropriate methods or models for a given problem, using information from observation or knowledge of the system being studied. Employ quantitative methods, mathematical models, statistics, and ...

We examine emerging consensus points for five key components of microarray analysis — design, preprocessing, inference, classification and validation. Biological replication is important in the design ...

At the beginning of 2021, I posted a piece on this blog asking if any readers wanted to develop their critical thinking as a kind of New Year’s resolution. In light of the positive feedback I received ...