Special Seminar Series with Dr. Shai Silberberg
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Mark your calendars for March 20 - 21 for a special seminar series featuring Dr. Shai Silberberg, Director of the Office of Research Quality at the NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
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"Assuring a Bright Future for Biomedical Research"
4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Marilyn G. Farquhar (CNCB) Large Conference Room,
Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior
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| All humans, including scientists, are prone to unconscious biases that can profoundly impact the outcome and interpretation of results. It is therefore important to design, conduct, and analyze experiments in ways to minimize the risk
of bias. Among these measures are blinding, randomization, prospectively estimating appropriate sample sizes, and prospectively defining criteria for inclusion and exclusion of samples once experiments have commenced.
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Q&A Session
12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Marilyn G. Farquhar (CNCB) Large Conference Room
Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior
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"The P-Value Pretense and Other Common Statistical Pitfalls"
4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
MedEd Lower Auditorium,
Medical Education-Telemedicine (MET)
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The misinterpretation and misuse of the P-value has been accentuated for decades, yet the exploitation of the P-value continues. P-values do not prove or disprove a hypothesis. A P-value of ≤0.05 does not mean that the result is significant and a P-value of ≥0.05 does not mean that result is not significant. The P value is simply the probability of obtaining the same or even more extreme results, given that the null hypothesis is true. As such, claims of discovery based on P-values should be taken with a large grain of salt, and “significant” P-values cannot beautify poorly designed and executed experiments.
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Dr. Shai Silberberg is the Director of the Office of Research Quality at the NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) leading the Institute efforts to increase the excellence of science and the completeness of research reporting.Dr. Silberberg obtained a Ph.D. in Neurophysiology from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Prior to joining NINDS, Dr. Silberberg was an Associate Professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, investigating the biophysical functions and physiological roles of various ion channels.
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