Data normalization before statistical analysis: keeping the horse before the cart

doi:10.1016/0165-6147(88)90239-8

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Volume 9, Issue 1, January 1988, Pages 29-32

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Abstract

Comparisons of drug effects based on statistical tests require that the data conform to the normal distribution. Arthur Hancock and colleagues outline procedures to ascertain compliance to this criterion and to transform data such that inappropriate conclusions are avoided.

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Data normalization before statistical analysis: keeping the horse before the cart

Abstract

Anal. Biochem.

The Dose-Response Relation in Pharmacology

J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther.

Mol. Pharmacol.

Naunyn-Schmied. Arch. Pharmacol.

Br. J. Pharmacol