# Study or experiment protocol

Script to investigate a question with method, conditions, data collection, analysis and limitations, accepting negative or inconclusive results (Annex D of the model).

## Before executing

- **Question: which uncertainty needs to be reduced?**
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- **Relevance and hypothesis, where applicable**
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- **Method: which observation can answer the question?**
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- **Comparison: is there an alternative or reference situation?**
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- **Sample: who or what will be observed, how it was selected, inclusions and exclusions**
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- **Measures: what will be counted, assessed or described**
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- **Analysis: how the records will be interpreted; what would be a sufficient result for the decision**
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- **Ethics and safety: which review or authorisation is needed; who funds and who has an interest in the result**
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- **Dissemination: what may be published and under what conditions**
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## After executing

- **Period, number of valid observations, exclusions, method deviations and losses**
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- **Results (separated from interpretation)**
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- **Interpretation and external factors (experience, seasonality, simultaneous changes, observation effect, dropouts)**
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## Standardised conclusion

- **Under the conditions [description], [result] was observed. The method allows stating [scope]. It does not allow concluding [limits]. The uncertainties [items] remain. The next recommended decision is [proportional action].**
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