Analytical bias

The thesis is structured as follows: Chapter 1 reviews the literature and outlines the importance of blood, clinical use of blood, current methods of blood collection including alternative methods and the benefits of DBS. Chapter 2 summaries the overall methods used in the project. Chapter 3 explains the utility of hemaPEN® from both the collection and analytical perspective. Chapter 4 expands on the HCT bias associated with standard DBS method. Chapter 5 expands on the use of DBS in other fields such as genomic and epigenomics.

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People are not naturally good decision makers.We tend to do superficial analyses of the choices available, and then make a quick decision based on personal biases and false assumptions. Not surprisingly, the results are poor-quality decisions. But what is a good decision? How do we know when we are making high-quality decisions with foresight rather than in hindsight? What are the quality standards?

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