Adding the numbers, since they settle part of this. If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way. Most of the apparent contradictions in these threads dissolve at that step.
Following on from Dr.PathRoch — and this may be the naive question:
How would you tell the difference between that and the alternative explanation?
raj_cambridge said:If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way.
Pushing back on raj_cambridge here. Pushing back on the consensus forming here. Consistency is not the same as correctness, and a board that agrees with itself quickly is usually agreeing with the first person who sounded certain.
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Shop Reference Standardsraj_cambridge said:If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way.
Agreed, and the size of the effect matters as much as its existence. Something real and small gets treated here as though it were real and decisive.
If somebody has the primary source to hand I would rather cite it than paraphrase it.
raj_cambridge said:If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way.
Thank you — that is the clearest version of this I have read, and I have read a lot of them. Adding it to my notes with a link back to this thread.