Fig 1.
Utility of tips by subject matter expertise. Tips presented in this article fall under the primary purview of data scientists (Tips 2–5, supported by considerations presented in
Table 1) or laboratorians (Tips 6–9, supported by considerations presented in Fig 2), though overlap may be high depending on subject matter expertise. Other tips span the entirety of the project (Tips 1, 10–11) and are applicable to all investigators from diverse backgrounds.
Table 1.
Representative examples of data types typical of in vivo experiments and when combining variables may be appropriate or problematic.
Fig 2.
Graphical representation of data type examples typical of in vivo experiments and when combining variables may be appropriate (A–C) or problematic (D, E).
Experimental units are designated by row. Individual animal/observation data are designated by color and number. x̅, mean value.