[[P1]]

This is a synthetic research brief for testing a rewriting workflow. The numbers, participants, quotations and cited memo below are invented demonstration material, not findings about an actual institution.

[[P2]]

The pilot had two different layouts of a study-space that were compared during [[P3]]. The team invited [[P4]] from one campus. In a memo circulated in the fall of 2005, the researcher responsible for a small-scale pilot of two different types of classroom layouts reported student comments on their experiences in the two kinds of classrooms. Students chose the type of classroom in which to be in; there was no random assignment. After the last class session, students in both types of classrooms were asked to complete a brief questionnaire.

[[P5]]

The response rate was [[P6]]. Among the respondents, [[P7]]. Students in the two types of classrooms responded in roughly equal numbers, so it is not possible to say that students preferred one type of classroom to the other. As the fictional team wrote, [[P8]] The summary follows the source note [[P9]].

[[P10]]

It is not known whether students who did not respond to the questionnaire differed systematically from those who did respond. Follow-up interviews with nonrespondents might shed light on this question. Further research with a larger sample, in which the method of classroom assignment is carefully documented and which examines both student satisfaction with classroom design and student learning in different kinds of classrooms, is recommended.

Reuse tables from [[P11]] where applicable (read that article first!).

[[P12]]

- Retain the distinction between preference and academic performance.
- Keep the sample's voluntary participation clear.
- Do not turn an unmeasured outcome into a positive result.

[[P13]]

[[P14]]

Because grades were not gathered as part of this pilot, there are no data with which to comment on differences in grades between students who attended classes in the different types of classrooms. Based on this small-scale pilot in which students volunteered to participate, it is not possible to make a firm recommendation as to which classroom layout is superior.

[[P15]]

The brief concerns one voluntary campus sample. A broader claim would require additional evidence.
