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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Marathon Spokespersons,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you very much for your work getting together the new manuscript together; but I have some concerns about how you are presenting Jefferson Lab experimental results.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Going back to the raw data (i.e. what we measured) there is no significant difference between the Hall A or C, yet Fig. 3 of the manuscript makes it look like Hall A & C are in disagreement.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">( Figures from Kent State library: <a href="http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1587232156043952">http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1587232156043952</a> )<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="588" height="373" style="width:6.125in;height:3.8854in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D89B43.C27AC710"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Even with the iso-scaler correction there is no significant difference between data sets.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It is fine to do a Bayesian type analysis as done in this work,
<b>but the Frequentist result must be clearly shown first </b>and we should be clear that the raw results all are in reasonable agreement.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The famous example for why this is important comes from neutrino mass measurements, where “everyone knew” the mass was positive:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.44.299">https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.44.299</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best Wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Douglas<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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