labquiet_amy 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 labquiet_amy here. 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.
labquiet_amy said:If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way.
That is right for the common case. Whether it is right for the case being asked about depends on a detail that has not been given.
If somebody has the primary source to hand I would rather cite it than paraphrase it.
labquiet_amy 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. Taking it to my next appointment.
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Browse GL BiochemAdding the clinical framing, because it changes how the question reads. The version of this that has an answer is narrower than the version being asked. Narrow it and it becomes tractable; leave it broad and the thread will produce nine confident and incompatible replies.
andrew_nyc said:The version of this that has an answer is narrower than the version being asked.
Adding a me-too, because a thread of one person's experience is not much use.