anders_CPH said:If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way.
I am going to disagree with the direction of travel here. The thread has converged on the tidiest answer rather than the best-supported one, and those are not the same thing.
anders_CPH said:If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way.
Correct, and worth adding that it is reversible. Nothing being described here is a one-way door, which changes how cautious it is reasonable to be.
If somebody has the primary source to hand I would rather cite it than paraphrase it.
anders_CPH said:If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way.
That reframing is the part I needed. Adding it to my notes with a link back to this thread.
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Browse GL BiochemFrom the other side of the consultation, briefly. The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person. Both are real; they answer different questions and get quoted as if they were the same one.
That is the short version; the long version is somebody else's post.
TinaHashiRN said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
Adding a me-too, because a thread of one person's experience is not much use.