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Trade timeline, sample and depth out loud
Use "Trade timeline, sample and depth out loud" to explain each part and the role it plays.
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Trade timeline, sample and depth out loudevery fast study gives something up
There is no free speed. When you compress a study you sacrifice one of three things and a senior researcher names which one. The panel wants to hear the tradeoff, not pretend it doesn't exist.
What you give up to go fast
- Cut the timeline
- Smaller sample or shallower analysis; you accept more uncertainty in exchange for a decision on time
- Cut the sample
- Less coverage of edge segments; fine for severe-issue discovery, risky for prevalence claims
- Cut the depth
- Faster synthesis, but you may miss the mechanism behind a finding
Say which lever you pulled and why it was safe for this question.