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Limitations Section Writer

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Write honest limitations without undermining the work.

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Help me write the limitations section. My study design, sample and methods: [STUDY_DETAILS]. Findings: [FINDINGS]. Known weaknesses: [WEAKNESSES].

Identify limitations across design, sampling, measurement, analysis and generalisability. For each, write a sentence that states the limitation clearly, explains how it may affect the findings, and notes what I did to reduce it or what future work could do. Avoid apologetic language and avoid hiding important limits. Provide a paragraph structure and an example using an invented small survey. Add a checklist: are limitations specific, honest and linked to the claims? Use only information I provide.

Also add a list of limitations that are often overlooked, such as measurement validity and timing, and a reminder to avoid listing limitations that do not matter while hiding those that do.

Add a final read-through test: could a sceptical reader find a limitation I did not mention, and have I connected each limitation to what the findings can and cannot claim?

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