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Wenn eine Studie korrigiert wird · B2. Ordne die gefragte Person, Zeit, den Ort oder Betrag dem richtigen Ereignis zu. Trenne belegte Aussagen von offenen Fragen. Eine fehlende Erwähnung beweist keine Abwesenheit.

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When a study is corrected

Lies das originale englische Material und antworte mit Belegen. Die Stufe ist eine redaktionelle Orientierung, kein zertifiziertes Ergebnis.

The following research case is fictional and is provided for reading practice, not as scientific evidence.

A community garden project compared two ways of reminding volunteers about watering duties. One group received a fixed weekly message; the other received a message only when its scheduled watering day was approaching. The project team initially reported fewer missed sessions in the second group and suggested that more timely reminders might be useful. It did not claim to have discovered the best reminder for every kind of voluntary work.

Several weeks later, a volunteer checking the records noticed that a cancelled session had been counted as a missed duty. The cancellation followed a damaged water pipe, not a failure by the person scheduled to attend. On its own, that entry changed little. However, the discovery prompted a review of how cancellations had been recorded across both groups.

The team found that one coordinator had removed cancelled sessions before calculating a rate, while another had retained them. The groups were therefore being compared on inconsistent terms. Correcting this difference reduced the apparent advantage of the day-specific reminders. A small difference remained, but the team considered it too uncertain to support the confidence of its original summary.

The corrected report kept the raw attendance records, explained the changed calculation and displayed the original summary beside the replacement. It did not quietly overwrite the earlier document. This allowed readers to see what had changed and why. Personal details of individual volunteers remained withheld; transparency about a method did not require publishing their private contact information.

Some readers interpreted the correction as proof that all the project’s work was worthless. Others wanted to ignore it because the remaining difference pointed in the same direction. The report rejected both responses. The collection of attendance information still described useful aspects of the project, but the strength of the original comparison had been overstated. Keeping the preferred conclusion while refusing to reconsider its support would not repair that problem.

For the next season, the team proposed a shared definition of a cancelled session, agreed before data collection began. It also planned to record whether a reminder had actually been delivered. A message sent to an outdated address could not influence attendance in the same way as one received and read, although delivery records alone would not show how carefully anyone considered it.

The case illustrates a distinction between defending a particular finding and improving a process for reaching findings. A correction can weaken a result while making the reasoning behind the next investigation more dependable. Its value depends on whether the explanation is specific enough for others to inspect, not on whether the revised headline remains impressive.

Erst ein wenig Klarheit

Genannte Einzelheiten · Grenzen der Belege

Ordne die gefragte Person, Zeit, den Ort oder Betrag dem richtigen Ereignis zu. Trenne belegte Aussagen von offenen Fragen. Eine fehlende Erwähnung beweist keine Abwesenheit.

The doors open at eight. The class starts at nine.

Gründe · Genannte Einzelheiten · Grenzen der Belege

Nutze den tatsächlich genannten Grund; ein nur plausibler Grund von außen reicht nicht. Ordne die gefragte Person, Zeit, den Ort oder Betrag dem richtigen Ereignis zu. Trenne belegte Aussagen von offenen Fragen. Eine fehlende Erwähnung beweist keine Abwesenheit.

We meet inside because it is raining.

Grenzen der Belege · Kernaussage

Trenne belegte Aussagen von offenen Fragen. Eine fehlende Erwähnung beweist keine Abwesenheit. Nutze den ganzen Text: Ein richtiges Detail ist nicht automatisch die Kernaussage.

The notice gives a price, but says nothing about delivery.

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When a study is corrected — context illustration
LesenB2

When a study is corrected

Lies das originale englische Material und antworte mit Belegen. Die Stufe ist eine redaktionelle Orientierung, kein zertifiziertes Ergebnis.

The following research case is fictional and is provided for reading practice, not as scientific evidence.

A community garden project compared two ways of reminding volunteers about watering duties. One group received a fixed weekly message; the other received a message only when its scheduled watering day was approaching. The project team initially reported fewer missed sessions in the second group and suggested that more timely reminders might be useful. It did not claim to have discovered the best reminder for every kind of voluntary work.

Several weeks later, a volunteer checking the records noticed that a cancelled session had been counted as a missed duty. The cancellation followed a damaged water pipe, not a failure by the person scheduled to attend. On its own, that entry changed little. However, the discovery prompted a review of how cancellations had been recorded across both groups.

The team found that one coordinator had removed cancelled sessions before calculating a rate, while another had retained them. The groups were therefore being compared on inconsistent terms. Correcting this difference reduced the apparent advantage of the day-specific reminders. A small difference remained, but the team considered it too uncertain to support the confidence of its original summary.

The corrected report kept the raw attendance records, explained the changed calculation and displayed the original summary beside the replacement. It did not quietly overwrite the earlier document. This allowed readers to see what had changed and why. Personal details of individual volunteers remained withheld; transparency about a method did not require publishing their private contact information.

Some readers interpreted the correction as proof that all the project’s work was worthless. Others wanted to ignore it because the remaining difference pointed in the same direction. The report rejected both responses. The collection of attendance information still described useful aspects of the project, but the strength of the original comparison had been overstated. Keeping the preferred conclusion while refusing to reconsider its support would not repair that problem.

For the next season, the team proposed a shared definition of a cancelled session, agreed before data collection began. It also planned to record whether a reminder had actually been delivered. A message sent to an outdated address could not influence attendance in the same way as one received and read, although delivery records alone would not show how carefully anyone considered it.

The case illustrates a distinction between defending a particular finding and improving a process for reaching findings. A correction can weaken a result while making the reasoning behind the next investigation more dependable. Its value depends on whether the explanation is specific enough for others to inspect, not on whether the revised headline remains impressive.

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We meet inside because it is raining.
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The notice gives a price, but says nothing about delivery.
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When a study is corrected

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Genannte Einzelheiten · Grenzen der Belege

Ordne die gefragte Person, Zeit, den Ort oder Betrag dem richtigen Ereignis zu. Trenne belegte Aussagen von offenen Fragen. Eine fehlende Erwähnung beweist keine Abwesenheit.

The doors open at eight. The class starts at nine.
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Gründe · Genannte Einzelheiten · Grenzen der Belege

Nutze den tatsächlich genannten Grund; ein nur plausibler Grund von außen reicht nicht. Ordne die gefragte Person, Zeit, den Ort oder Betrag dem richtigen Ereignis zu. Trenne belegte Aussagen von offenen Fragen. Eine fehlende Erwähnung beweist keine Abwesenheit.

We meet inside because it is raining.
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Grenzen der Belege · Kernaussage

Trenne belegte Aussagen von offenen Fragen. Eine fehlende Erwähnung beweist keine Abwesenheit. Nutze den ganzen Text: Ein richtiges Detail ist nicht automatisch die Kernaussage.

The notice gives a price, but says nothing about delivery.

Fragen & Antworten

Das Öffnen einer Antwort wird für diese Aufgabe als Hilfe erfasst.

D01 · Einstieg

When a study is corrected

What did the project compare?

  1. Messages sent to current addresses with those sent to outdated ones.
  2. Reminders used in gardening with those used by other voluntary organisations.
  3. Weekly reminders with reminders timed near a person’s watering day.
  4. Fixed weekly messages with messages triggered by a water-pipe failure.
Antwort und Erklärung
Weekly reminders with reminders timed near a person’s watering day.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „Weekly reminders with reminders timed near a person’s watering day.“. Beleg: „One group received a fixed weekly message; the other received a message only when its scheduled watering day was approaching.“. Vergleiche die Alternative „Reminders used in gardening with those used by other voluntary organisations.“. Dies beansprucht mehr Sicherheit oder eine größere Reichweite, als dieser Beleg erlaubt. Vergleiche die Alternative „Fixed weekly messages with messages triggered by a water-pipe failure.“. Hier wird das gemessene oder berichtete Ergebnis durch ein anderes ersetzt.

D02 · Einstieg

When a study is corrected

What first triggered a closer review?

  1. A revised summary showed a smaller difference before anyone checked the entries.
  2. The same reminder pattern had already been tested across several organisations.
  3. A cancelled session had been counted as a missed duty.
  4. A missed duty caused the scheduled volunteer’s message to be withdrawn.
Antwort und Erklärung
A cancelled session had been counted as a missed duty.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „A cancelled session had been counted as a missed duty.“. Beleg: „a cancelled session had been counted as a missed duty.“. Vergleiche die Alternative „A revised summary showed a smaller difference before anyone checked the entries.“. Dies verwechselt zwei Phasen: die Ausgangslage und eine spätere Prüfung oder Entscheidung. Vergleiche die Alternative „A missed duty caused the scheduled volunteer’s message to be withdrawn.“. Dies verwechselt den Grund einer Handlung mit einer möglichen Folge oder einer anderen Reaktion.

D03 · Einstieg

When a study is corrected

Why had that session been cancelled?

  1. The scheduled volunteer could not be contacted at the recorded address.
  2. The assigned volunteer ignored a reminder.
  3. A water pipe was damaged.
  4. The team decided to stop collecting attendance records for the season.
Antwort und Erklärung
A water pipe was damaged.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „A water pipe was damaged.“. Beleg: „The cancellation followed a damaged water pipe“. Vergleiche die Alternative „The scheduled volunteer could not be contacted at the recorded address.“. Dies ergänzt ein Detail, das der Text nicht nennt; Plausibilität ist kein Textbeleg. Vergleiche die Alternative „The team decided to stop collecting attendance records for the season.“. Dies macht aus einer eingeschränkten Aussage eine Behauptung ohne Ausnahmen.

P01 · Gezielt üben

When a study is corrected

What made the original group comparison inconsistent?

  1. The cancelled-session entries had been deleted from the raw records.
  2. The coordinators used different reminder times rather than different cancellation rules.
  3. The coordinators treated cancellations differently in the calculations.
  4. Cancelled sessions were removed from the rates for both groups.
Antwort und Erklärung
The coordinators treated cancellations differently in the calculations.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „The coordinators treated cancellations differently in the calculations.“. Beleg: „one coordinator had removed cancelled sessions before calculating a rate, while another had retained them.“. Vergleiche die Alternative „The coordinators used different reminder times rather than different cancellation rules.“. Hier wird das gemessene oder berichtete Ergebnis durch ein anderes ersetzt. Vergleiche die Alternative „Cancelled sessions were removed from the rates for both groups.“. Dies kehrt den im Text genannten Zusammenhang um.

P02 · Gezielt üben

When a study is corrected

What happened to the apparent advantage after correction?

  1. It became smaller and less convincing.
  2. The correction reversed the result and established weekly reminders as better.
  3. The reduced difference still justified the original level of confidence.
  4. The direction of the result meant the strength of the comparison was unchanged.
Antwort und Erklärung
It became smaller and less convincing.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „It became smaller and less convincing.“. Beleg: „Correcting this difference reduced the apparent advantage of the day-specific reminders. A small difference remained, but the team considered it too uncertain to support the confidence of its original summary.“. Vergleiche die Alternative „The reduced difference still justified the original level of confidence.“. Dies beansprucht mehr Sicherheit oder eine größere Reichweite, als dieser Beleg erlaubt. Vergleiche die Alternative „The correction reversed the result and established weekly reminders as better.“. Dies kehrt den im Text genannten Zusammenhang um.

P03 · Gezielt üben

When a study is corrected

Why would delivery records still have a limit?

  1. They would not show how carefully a message was considered.
  2. They would provide enough information to replace the attendance comparison.
  3. They would establish that every delivered message had been considered carefully.
  4. They could not help distinguish a failed delivery from a successful one.
Antwort und Erklärung
They would not show how carefully a message was considered.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „They would not show how carefully a message was considered.“. Beleg: „delivery records alone would not show how carefully anyone considered it.“. Vergleiche die Alternative „They would establish that every delivered message had been considered carefully.“. Dies beansprucht mehr Sicherheit oder eine größere Reichweite, als dieser Beleg erlaubt. Vergleiche die Alternative „They could not help distinguish a failed delivery from a successful one.“. Dies macht aus einer eingeschränkten Aussage eine Behauptung ohne Ausnahmen.

P04 · Gezielt üben

When a study is corrected

What limit did the team place on transparency?

  1. It allowed the corrected summary to be seen but not the original version.
  2. It withheld the method while explaining individual volunteers’ contact circumstances.
  3. It did not reveal volunteers’ private contact information.
  4. It discarded the raw records so that individual entries could not be checked.
Antwort und Erklärung
It did not reveal volunteers’ private contact information.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „It did not reveal volunteers’ private contact information.“. Beleg: „transparency about a method did not require publishing their private contact information.“. Vergleiche die Alternative „It discarded the raw records so that individual entries could not be checked.“. Dies kehrt den im Text genannten Zusammenhang um. Vergleiche die Alternative „It allowed the corrected summary to be seen but not the original version.“. Dies kehrt den im Text genannten Zusammenhang um.

R01 · Passende Übungen

When a study is corrected

Which two responses did the report reject?

  1. Retaining attendance data and explaining the corrected calculation.
  2. Dismissing all the work and ignoring the correction to preserve a preferred result.
  3. Withholding personal contact information while displaying both summaries.
  4. Agreeing cancellation rules and recording actual message delivery.
Antwort und Erklärung
Dismissing all the work and ignoring the correction to preserve a preferred result.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „Dismissing all the work and ignoring the correction to preserve a preferred result.“. Beleg: „Some readers interpreted the correction as proof that all the project’s work was worthless. Others wanted to ignore it because the remaining difference pointed in the same direction. The report rejected both responses.“. Vergleiche die Alternative „Agreeing cancellation rules and recording actual message delivery.“. Diese Aussage passt zum Text. Sie beantwortet die Frage nicht, denn gesucht ist eine zurückgewiesene, vermiedene oder durch die Belege nicht gerechtfertigte Behauptung. Vergleiche die Alternative „Retaining attendance data and explaining the corrected calculation.“. Diese Aussage passt zum Text. Sie beantwortet die Frage nicht, denn gesucht ist eine zurückgewiesene, vermiedene oder durch die Belege nicht gerechtfertigte Behauptung.

R02 · Passende Übungen

When a study is corrected

What remained useful despite the weakened comparison?

  1. The applicability of the result to voluntary work beyond this project.
  2. The inference that successful delivery means a message was read closely.
  3. The attendance information about aspects of the project.
  4. The original level of confidence in the superiority of day-specific reminders.
Antwort und Erklärung
The attendance information about aspects of the project.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „The attendance information about aspects of the project.“. Beleg: „The collection of attendance information still described useful aspects of the project“. Vergleiche die Alternative „The original level of confidence in the superiority of day-specific reminders.“. Dies beansprucht mehr Sicherheit oder eine größere Reichweite, als dieser Beleg erlaubt. Vergleiche die Alternative „The applicability of the result to voluntary work beyond this project.“. Dies beansprucht mehr Sicherheit oder eine größere Reichweite, als dieser Beleg erlaubt.

R03 · Passende Übungen

When a study is corrected

What would be agreed before the next collection of data?

  1. A shared definition of a cancelled session.
  2. A rule counting sent messages as received without checking delivery.
  3. Which volunteers’ private contact details should accompany the published records.
  4. The conclusion the next report should retain if the difference becomes smaller.
Antwort und Erklärung
A shared definition of a cancelled session.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „A shared definition of a cancelled session.“. Beleg: „a shared definition of a cancelled session, agreed before data collection began.“. Vergleiche die Alternative „The conclusion the next report should retain if the difference becomes smaller.“. Dies kehrt den im Text genannten Zusammenhang um. Vergleiche die Alternative „Which volunteers’ private contact details should accompany the published records.“. Hier wird eine Eigenschaft oder Handlung der falschen Gruppe oder Person zugeordnet.

X01 · Textaufgabe

When a study is corrected

How did the team handle the original summary?

  1. It removed it without explanation.
  2. It substituted a list of volunteers’ contact details for the original summary.
  3. It displayed it beside the corrected replacement.
  4. It retained the original as the only public account of the comparison.
Antwort und Erklärung
It displayed it beside the corrected replacement.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „It displayed it beside the corrected replacement.“. Beleg: „displayed the original summary beside the replacement.“. Vergleiche die Alternative „It substituted a list of volunteers’ contact details for the original summary.“. Dies kehrt den im Text genannten Zusammenhang um. Vergleiche die Alternative „It retained the original as the only public account of the comparison.“. Dies kehrt den im Text genannten Zusammenhang um.

X02 · Textaufgabe

When a study is corrected

What is the case’s main lesson about correction?

  1. A weaker result can accompany a more dependable investigative process.
  2. Improving the process confirms the substantive claim made in the original summary.
  3. A correction is valuable chiefly when the revised headline remains persuasive.
  4. A calculation error removes the value of the underlying attendance information.
Antwort und Erklärung
A weaker result can accompany a more dependable investigative process.

Die gestützte Antwort lautet „A weaker result can accompany a more dependable investigative process.“. Beleg: „A correction can weaken a result while making the reasoning behind the next investigation more dependable.“. Vergleiche die Alternative „A calculation error removes the value of the underlying attendance information.“. Dies macht aus einer Einschränkung einen Grund, den ganzen Beitrag zu verwerfen, statt Nutzen und Grenzen zu trennen. Vergleiche die Alternative „Improving the process confirms the substantive claim made in the original summary.“. Dies beansprucht mehr Sicherheit oder eine größere Reichweite, als dieser Beleg erlaubt.