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French claim strength: a sheet for precise, supported wording

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Choose French wording that fits your evidence. Compare observation, scope, attribution, possible causes and recommendations, with four questions.

In short

State an observed result directly, name its limits and mark any further inference separately. Deux personnes n’ont pas trouvé le formulaire reports an outcome. Le libellé pourrait expliquer cette difficulté proposes a cause. Each sentence makes a different commitment.

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A researcher observes two adult volunteers using separate blank-screen laptops at a table in a quiet test room, all sheets and books blank.
The trial concerns les deux personnes who used the site. Illustration: Atelier

Note d’observation : Lors d’un essai de navigation, deux personnes ont utilisé le site pour la première fois. Aucune des deux n’a trouvé le formulaire sans aide. L’essai ne comparait pas plusieurs libellés de bouton.

Observation note: During a navigation trial, two people used the site for the first time. Neither found the form without help. The trial did not compare different button labels.

Affirmer avec précision

1 · Keep a clear observation clear

Use the indicative for the recorded outcome. A vague peut-être would blur what the note establishes.

Les deux personnes n’ont pas trouvé le formulaire sans aide.The two people did not find the form without help.

2 · Limit the population

Keep les deux personnes and the trial context. A universal word such as personne expands the claim.

Lors de cet essai, les deux personnes découvraient le site.During this trial, both people were using the site for the first time.

3 · Attribute a judgement

Selon identifies who supplies a view. Its job is attribution; the rest of the sentence carries the degree of certainty.

Selon la responsable, le parcours doit être revu.According to the manager, the navigation path needs to be reviewed.

4 · Mark a possible explanation

Use pourrait for a proposed cause that still needs testing. The observed outcome alone leaves the role of the label open.

Le libellé du bouton pourrait expliquer cette difficulté.The button label could explain this difficulty.

5 · State the limit of the evidence

Name the precise inference the evidence leaves unresolved. À lui seul limits the sufficiency of this result.

Ce résultat ne permet pas, à lui seul, d’établir le rôle du libellé.This result alone does not establish the role of the label.

6 · Make the next step proportionate

An observation can justify investigation. A recommendation to test something keeps that action distinct from a confirmed explanation.

Ce résultat justifie de tester plusieurs libellés.This result warrants testing several labels.

Scope and certainty are separate controls. Tous les visiteurs auraient peut-être des difficultés remains about everyone even though it sounds hesitant. Restoring the two participants fixes the scope; preserving their definite outcome fixes the certainty. Then read the final recommendation: it should keep the same distinction between what happened and what might explain it.

Question 1No account needed
Which sentence reports the observation accurately?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Les deux personnes n’ont pas trouvé le formulaire sans aide.. The note records two people’s outcome and the need for help. It gives neither universal inability nor refusal.

Question 2No account needed
Which sentence proposes a cause for further testing?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Le libellé pourrait expliquer la difficulté.. Pourrait expliquer marks a possible explanation. The trial compared no labels, so it leaves that causal question open.

Question 3No account needed
What does selon la responsable establish?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Who supplies the judgement.. Selon identifies the source of the view. It does not by itself establish uncertainty, accuracy or agreement.

Question 4No account needed
Which next step fits the note?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Test alternative labels and compare outcomes.. A comparison can investigate the proposed explanation. The current note supports investigation rather than a guaranteed remedy.

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