Amid growing concerns about the poor design of animal experiments and its implications for the translatability of experimental results, Michael F. W. Festing thinks it's time we do something about it.

Sound experimental design is of vital importance when conducting any scientific experiment. Choices made at the design stage have the potential to drastically impact the results of any study. A strong ...

I recently assessed the impact of an inquiry-based laboratory on student’s knowledge of experimental design. I implement this lab yearly, during the Fall semester, in my upper level plant ecology ...