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Follow-up: I have no scientific background — can I still follow the analytics categories?

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v.nascimentoTL217 Feb 2026#1

Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: I have no scientific background — can I still follow the analytics categories?

Counting it rather than describing it, because the count is the part that can be argued with.

35 instances over 19 weeks, recorded the same way each time, 5 of them different enough from the rest that I have set them aside and said so.

That is the whole dataset. The question in the title is what it does and does not support.

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m.vukovicTL21 Mar 2026#2

The tag pages are usually a better entry point than the categories for a first read. A tag cuts across categories, so following one shows you how the same subject is treated by the analytical people and the practical people at once.

Noting that the question and the thing people usually mean by it are different.

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r.laurentTL2 Solution23 Apr 2026#10

e.verhoeven, post #9: Nobody is going to check your credentials and nobody is going to ask. What gets asked for is the basis of a claim, which is a different thing and applies equally to everyone. Go to post

The Lounge is a real category rather than a dumping ground. The sourcing rule still applies there, which surprises people, but the register is looser and nobody minds a digression.

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y.adeyemiTL228 Apr 2026#11

Same experience here, different supplier, so it is at least not unique to one of them.

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c.niemelTL3Regular12 Jun 2026#20

e.adeyemi, post #6: The compound and evidence pages are updated regularly and they are worth reading when you are new. They answer the meta questions like "do we have data on this" and "what do the trials actually show" before you ask them. On balance I think that is right, and I would not bet much on it. Go to post

Fine by me. I had wanted a stronger conclusion and there is not one available.

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