Foundations

This foundation section covers the first two sessions.

Before a single number is calculated, the quality of a conclusion is already set by how the experiment was designed.

How can we best design experiments?

What are good components of a well designed experiment?

This foundational section introduces you to

• the scope of data analytics,
• the kinds of data you will encounter in chemistry and biochemistry,
• the difference between exploratory and confirmatory research, and
• the principles of sound experimental design, including controls and replicates.

Good implementation of the concepts determines whether any later analysis has any meaning at all!