Adding the numbers, since they settle part of this. One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it. Reconstructing a timeline from memory three months later is how people end up unable to answer the one question that would have resolved it.
A narrower follow-up, since the general answer is now clear:
What did you change at the same time, and can you separate the two now?
josh_phd_bmore said:One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it.
Filing a mild objection. Mild because I might be wrong; an objection because nobody has addressed the case that does not fit. Not convinced. The evidence being cited is consistent with the conclusion and also consistent with two other conclusions nobody has ruled out.
Ask again with the specifics and you will get a better answer than this one.
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Shop Reference Standardsjosh_phd_bmore said:One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it.
josh_phd_bmore has the substance of this right. The condition it depends on is worth stating. Yes, and the corollary is less popular: if the reasoning holds, it also holds where it produces an answer we do not like.
josh_phd_bmore said:One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it.
This answered a question I did not know how to ask.