chris_chi24 said:It is worth asking what the claim would look like if it were false.
Agreed, with the usual condition: that holds for the average and this board is a collection of individuals. A population claim and a personal prediction are different things and get quoted interchangeably.
Ask again with the specifics and you will get a better answer than this one.
amy_econ_NJ said:Whether it is right for the case being asked about depends on a detail that has not been given.
Genuinely useful, thank you. I had the facts and not the framework. Taking it to my next appointment.
chris_chi24 said:It is worth asking what the claim would look like if it were false.
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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View ResultsThe figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. The boring version of this is the one that works, and the boring version is: measure a baseline, change one variable, wait, measure again under the same conditions. Nobody wants that answer and it is still the answer.
Moderator note: the sourcing question belongs in the vendor section and has been split out. Report rather than reply if it drifts again.