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Evidence limits in an advanced source

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Evidence limits in an advanced source

An original Basque statement reads: “Datu horiek ez dira nahikoak ondorio orokor bat ateratzeko”. A learner concludes that the data must be false. Another says the statement proves every possible general conclusion, because the text mentions data. A third preserves the distinction between having some information and having enough support for a general conclusion. The task asks for a precise paraphrase and the limits of the claim. No actual research study, medical recommendation, sample size or institution is identified. The exercise is newly composed language material rather than an authenticated research quotation. A supported interpretation should retain the stated insufficiency without converting it into a claim that the opposite conclusion has been proven or that the information has no possible value.

1. What does the statement say?

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Those data are not sufficient to draw a general conclusion. It restricts what the evidence supports without asserting that every datum is false or worthless.

2. What would exceed the source?

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Claiming that the opposite generalization has been proven, inventing a sample size or presenting the sentence as a real scientific recommendation. The actual limitation should be preserved.