What the information suggests
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Rosa also collected quantitative information, including attendance counts and recorded waiting times. She could infer from the notes that some visitors valued personal introductions, but she could not infer everyone's preference from a few comments. In her report, she avoided wording that might imply a certainty the evidence did not provide. She stated exactly which observations supported each interpretation.
The quantitative counts showed how many people attended, not how every person felt. Rosa's phrase 'a promising response' could imply encouragement without declaring the experiment a proven success. Readers could infer that she supported further trials because she recommended another session. By separating what the report suggested from what the reader concluded, the group kept the two acts of communication distinct.
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