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Data Requirements

Statistical data analysis for experiments in the Cancer Stem Cell Program is available by contacting Biostatistician Changjiang Xu at changjiang.xu@utoronto.ca. The following guidelines would be helpful to ensure that all relevant information is provided.

1. Laboratory Information:

   • PI
   • Researcher associated and contact information
   • Technician
   • Animal strain (i.e. A/J mice)
   • Tissue/sample (i.e. lymphocytes)
   • Data type (i.e. gene expression data)
   • Chip used, along with version
   • Day/Date when the experiment was conducted,
     • a list of which samples were analyzed on which days if different samples were analyzed on different days
     • The experimental layout of the study, i.e. which samples are located where on the chip results
   • Explanations for the column labels used in the raw data files
   • Copy of Tracking worksheet for your experiment

2. Raw data files:

   • Standard format
   • Annotation file if your lab has prepared any special file

3. Description of the experiment’s goals:

   • Primary and secondary objectives
   • Proposed plan of analysis if biologists have any particular technique in mind