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Chapter 12 Exercises
Materials and Methods
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For medical studies include (select all that apply):
Total number of subjects
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Number of subjects receiving treatment
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How subjects were selected
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Details such as sex and age if relevant
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Does the following example provide sufficient detail?
All samples were centrifuged.
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No
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Does the following example include unnecessary detail?
CD4
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CD44
high
T
cell
purification
We were interested in examining the gene expression of the anergic portion of T cells in Jak3 KO mice that are CD4
+
CD44
high
. To obtain the CD4
+
CD44
high
T cells used for RNA isolation, spleens were removed from Jak3 KO and Jak3 Het mice at 8 to 10 weeks of age. Splenocytes were isolated by homogenizing the tissue with frosted glass slides (Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA).
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Does the following example include unnecessary information?
Cells were scraped out of the wells and resuspended in a 1.5 ml Eppendorf tube.
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No
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Which of the following are common problems of the Materials and Methods section? Select all that apply.
Lengthy purpose statement
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Omission of the purpose for an experiment
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Too many details
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Insufficient details
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Select the better sentence.
Here we provide a description of how subjects were chosen for our study. We selected only healthy males between 60 and 80 years.
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For our study, we selected only healthy males between 60 and 80 years.
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Select the better sentence.
Study subjects were presented with a list of potentially traumatic events, and we asked them to use three response categories (yes, no, unsure) to indicate if they had ever experienced them.
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Study subjects were presented with a list of potentially traumatic events, and were asked to use three response categories (yes, no, unsure) to indicate if they had ever experienced them.
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