Saw someone label a slide “preliminary data” even though we’ve been using the same result for six months. I get the caution, but at some point it feels like a safety blanket. When does careful turn into self-limiting?

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I would ask them if they plan to repeat the data set

Normally if a repeat is planned I keep the label as preliminary

Otherwise I report with the significance I can

Isn’t this pretty normal? I’m not sure what data you’re talking about but have the results been repeated enough that you think it’s valid data now?

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