Picture an agronomist with 40 spreadsheets from three seasons of field trials, each formatted by a different intern, and an investor asking "does your biological product actually increase yield, and by how much?". The honest answer requires a design (which plots got which treatment, in which block), a statistical model that respects that design, and an interval. Most startups answer with an average and a hopeful cha…
If you only do one thing this week: one published trial reproduced with an interval
Partner-recommended reading (ask for it); if none yet, Rothschild & Mancinelli (2001) "Life in e…
Partner-recommended reading (ask for it); if none yet, Rothschild & Mancinelli (2001) "Life in extreme environments" (carry over) and the UniProt "Help" pages on EC numbers and taxonomy filters (75 min)