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Thread · #test-results · 2025-02-03

how do you post a result so it is

Spun off from a message in #test-results on 2025-02-03. 17 messages, 3 participants.

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  • noct.titrate — how do you post a result so it is actually useful to somebody in a year 18:17
LN

the results in this channel skew because people test when they are suspicious. that is selection bias and it is real

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NT

underfill is more common than impurity. if you only test purity you are testing the less likely failure

LM

a single sample tells you about a single vial. that is genuinely all it tells you

LM

quantity testing is usually a separate line item and it is the one worth paying for

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LN

the widest spread in my data is about 2.6 percentage points across five lots from one supplier

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LM

how do you post a result so it is actually useful to somebody in a year

LM

a point or two between the certificate and an independent result is inside what two labs disagree by

NT

update from 5 months ago: retested the same supplier, result came back better, logged both

LM

one bad test does not condemn a supplier. one good test does not clear one. both halves get ignored equally

LN

if you are testing to settle an argument you will not settle it with n of 1

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