Closing the loop on my own question.
Reporting back with a partial result, because a partial result is still better than silence. Two of the three things suggested helped; I cannot separate them and I am not going to pretend otherwise.
Following on from Dr.EndoEP — and this may be the naive question:
What would you measure differently if you were starting again?
VendorMark said:Reporting back with a partial result, because a partial result is still better than silence.
I read this differently. The confidence in this thread is running ahead of the evidence, and I would rather the uncertainty were stated than smoothed over because it is unsatisfying.
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Browse GL BiochemVendorMark said:Reporting back with a partial result, because a partial result is still better than silence.
Agreed, and one caution: a single measurement is not a measurement. Anything that moves day to day needs a trend before it means anything at all.
VendorMark said:Reporting back with a partial result, because a partial result is still better than silence.
That reframing is the part I needed.