Dr.SportsMedIN said:Order of operations matters more than any single choice here: establish a baseline, change one thing, wait long enough for it to express itself, then…
This is my experience too, for whatever a second data point is worth.
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.
Following on from NicoleRaleigh — and this may be the naive question:
What would you measure differently if you were starting again?
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Browse GL Biochemjosh_phd_bmore said:One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it.
Pushing back on josh_phd_bmore here. This treats a plausible mechanism as a demonstrated one. Plausible is where you start looking, not where you stop.
Correct me if the detail matters more than I have assumed.
Moderator note: good thread. Keeping it here rather than moving it, because the question is general enough to be useful. No action needed from anybody.