lucas_SP_BR said:If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way.
Careful with the causal language. Two things moving together in a period when five things changed is not a mechanism, and stating it as one makes the thread less useful to somebody reading it later.
lucas_SP_BR said:If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way.
That is right for the common case. Whether it is right for the case being asked about depends on a detail that has not been given.
lucas_SP_BR said:If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way.
That reframing is the part I needed. Adding it to my notes with a link back to this thread.
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Shop Reference StandardsFrom the other side of the consultation, briefly. It is worth asking what the claim would look like if it were false. If nothing would look different, it is not a claim about the world and no amount of discussion will settle it.
Dr.SleepRoch said:It is worth asking what the claim would look like if it were false.
Adding a me-too, because a thread of one person's experience is not much use. Posting only so the count is not one.