> Well, collecting the data yourself and writing the code yourself would be even more independent. I wrote "any conclusion". This does not preclude collecting

> Well, collecting the data yourself and writing the code yourself would be even more independent. I wrote "any conclusion". This does not preclude collecting the data or writing the code yourself (and indeed you should if you doubt, say, the data). But it implies that the code that was used to come to the conclusion must be available.