Question: How accurate is your data?

Katie Fala answered on 11 Nov 2019:

It depends on the experiment, at the moment I am screening thousands of bacteria so my results are really more qualitative (i.e. does this bacteria interrupt the quorum sensing process of this other bacteria, Yes/No). But I have a defined protocol and materials as well as positive and negative controls to make sure promising results aren’t just flukes! Quantitative data requires more attention to confounding factors, controls, sample sizes to ensure that your results give a true reflection of the phenomenon you are studying, and would be reproducible if another person were to take the exact same materials and repeat your experiment..