LABCRUX GUIDE

How to compare results text with table data

Results prose should identify the relevant table, reproduce or transform values transparently, and avoid unsupported emphasis.

Locate each narrative number

For every number in results prose, identify the source cell or named calculation. Derived values need a reproducible formula.

Check labels and conditions

A matching token can still refer to the wrong sample, time point, or unit. Compare headers and experimental conditions as well as digits.

Explain rounding

Tables and prose may use different precision only when the rounding rule remains clear and does not change the interpretation.

Keep interpretation bounded

Results can describe observed patterns. Mechanistic explanations need evidence and usually belong in discussion.

Sources and boundaries

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    NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods

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