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= Statistical Consulting =
##'''Expectations from Statistical Consulting/Analysis of Microarray Experiments '''
##'''Cancer Stem Cell Network'''

'''Office hours''' : '''Tuesday 9:00am-5:00pm'''

Statistical consulting for experiments in the Cancer Stem Cell Program is available by contacting Biostatistician Changjiang Xu at changjiang.xu@utoronto.ca. In order to ensure that appropriate advice be given, the consulting is strongly suggested at the design stage of the experiment.

The following information from researcher is very helpful:
 * A complete and concise summary of information about the experiment,
 * Experimental units, i.e., animal strain/Humans, etc. How were they selected?
 * Sample preparation procedure if any
 * Was the experiment conducted on different days/times, etc?
 * Clear and concise research questions to be investigated
 * Specify the number of  experimental  conditions (factors) that you plan to study, that might influence the  response variable (gene expression values in case of microarray  experiments)
 * Number of stages that the experiment will be conducted. This will help us make sure that any factor (condition) of interest is not confounded with some non-biological factor, etc.
 * The type of analysis that the researcher would think would be suitable to perform
 * The type of chip that would be used, if microarray experiment
 * Number of the samples that researcher is planning based on budget

It would take a week to make a framework for the issues and suggest the statistical feasibility for the project. The statistician would give recommendations for the number of samples, any other design issues, randomization, blocking etc.