ME.22:8 - Common Anti-Patterns and How to Avoid Them

Misstep	Repair
Better answers prove that the new form is better.	Check whether the new form also supplied new content or tools.
A four-cell table is treated as a causal study.	Establish sampling, allocation, repetition and inference separately when that claim is needed.
A reader sees the changed condition before giving the initial answer.	Run the initial and changed-condition probes separately.
A diagram is declared equivalent because its labels match.	Inspect edges, polarity, conditions, uncertainty and source return.
No difference in one probe is called universal equivalence.	Retain the local no-distinguishing-result conclusion and its sensitivity limits.