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Audit a Summary for Scope, Uncertainty and Missing Data - Practice 2

A research summary should preserve the design, observed result and important limitations.

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A research summary should preserve the design, observed result and important limitations. Distinguish what was recorded from what the writer hopes to explain. Uncertainty is information, not a defect to edit away. These summaries are fictional exercises.

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A report of 9 successful attempts out of 12 observed attempts cannot honestly become universal success after unsuccessful cases are omitted.

A report of 9 successful attempts out of 12 observed attempts cannot honestly become universal success after unsuccessful cases are omitted.
Reading model: A report of 9 successful attempts out of 12 observed attempts cannot honestly become universal success after unsuccessful cases are omitted.

Original fiction: A Pilot with a Narrow Outcome

A fictional pilot compared two layouts with 24 volunteers randomly assigned in equal groups. Under one supervised task, ten people using Layout A and seven using Layout B found the requested control within ninety seconds. The report supplies no repeated-task or long-term results and no uncertainty analysis. It recommends a larger evaluation rather than claiming that A is superior for every user or every task.

Question 1 How many volunteers were assigned to each layout?
Question 2 What was the recorded success criterion?
Question 3 Which statement accurately reports the observed counts?
Question 4 What broad conclusion is not established?
Question 5 What follow-up does the report recommend?