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Asked by Noraa to Ben, Lizzie, Francis, Max, Sian on 6 Mar 2018.
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Ben Mulhearn answered on 6 Mar 2018:
Biologists use a lot of maths when working out the ‘recipe’, or protocol of their experiment. Once we have completed experiments, we then use the statistics branch of maths to find out if our experiments found anything significant.
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Francis Man answered on 6 Mar 2018:
We use maths in various ways. As Ben said, when I prepare an experiment I have to do some fairly simple calculations. The statistics that we use to analyse the results are more complicated but the calculations are done by a computer. It’s more important for me to understand why I choose a certain type of statistical analysis than actually doing it myself.
In medical imaging, there are a lot of super-complicated (at least for me) calculations going on in the scanner just to give an image at the end. I have to trust the physicists and mathematicians who designed the machines that their calculations are correct. -
Sian Richardson answered on 6 Mar 2018:
Maths is very important in my job. I use it to work of the concentrations of chemicals in my solutions, equations for working out growth curves or feed rates for my cells. Statics is also important to know if the results you have found are significant or just natural variation. Maths in science can be used in a variety of different ways
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Lizzie Wright answered on 6 Mar 2018:
I look a lot of data from clinical trials – we get presented with a lot of numbers and have to determine if people treated with a drug had a better result than those treated with placebo – this involves a lot of statistics and numerical interpretation. I also have to do budgets and financial management of accounts, so I use a lot more maths than I expected! I think maths creeps into everything we do…
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Noraa commented on :
Thank you so much!