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The standard deviation and standard error; how to deal with outlier;normal value; the box-and-whisker plot; the null hypothesis; why is thesignificant level 5per cent?; which should be used - less than 5per cent or5per cent or less for p value?; the t-test; which should be used - atwo-sided (2a) or one-side (a) test? the type I error (error of the firstkind); Dunnett's test; the multiple comparison (range) test; Scheffe'smultiple comparison test can be used to compare two groups; the differencesin power between the t-test and Dunnett's test; the multiple comparison(range) test; Scheffe's multiple comparison test has a very low power; asifnificant difference is observed by Dunnett's multiple comparison test evenwhen a significant difference is not observed by analysis of variance; therate of detection of a significance different in a low-dose group byDunnett's multiple comparison test. (Part contents).