Adding the numbers, since they settle part of this. One habit that pays for itself: post the method alongside the number. A figure without its method cannot be checked, and an unchecked figure is how this community accumulates folklore.
Following on from NurseLeah_Nash — and this may be the naive question:
How would you tell the difference between that and the alternative explanation?
PeptideSynthNJ said:One habit that pays for itself: post the method alongside the number.
This is where I part company with the consensus forming above. Filing an objection on the n=1 problem. Personal experience is genuine evidence about one person and very weak evidence about anybody else, and this thread keeps promoting the first into the second.
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Shop Reference StandardsPeptideSynthNJ said:One habit that pays for itself: post the method alongside the number.
Correct as far as it goes. The part it does not cover is what to do when the honest answer is "not enough data", which is more often than anyone likes.
PeptideSynthNJ said:One habit that pays for itself: post the method alongside the number.
This is exactly what I could not find anywhere else. Taking it to my next appointment.