e we can’t actually see what the underlying data look like.</li>
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<p>Panels B-D show three possible outcomes from plotting the actual data, where each plot shows a different way that the data might have looked.</p>
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<li>If we saw the plot in Panel B, we would probably be suspicious – rarely would real data follow such a precise pattern.<br />
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<li>The data in Panel C, on the other hand, look like real data – they show a general trend, but they a