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Case 72 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation · comparison exercise Reader check for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: distin...
Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...
Locate the primary study and confirm that it measured the claimed outcome. Record when only a secondary account was accessible and avoid presenting it...
Method note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: use “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed…” as a row headi...
Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the interpretation. The reader should be able to see what was observed witho...
Case 7 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation Summary draft for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: the answer addresses “Descri...
Case 25 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Reading an abstract without skipping the metho...
Case 11 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Correction note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: retain the wording beginning “Lin...
Case 15 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Summary draft for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary s...
Case 26 — A correction log that survives the next archive update · source wording exercise Method note for “A correction log that survives the next ar...
Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...
Case 2 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible Summary draft for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: the answer a...
Reader check for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: distinguish the discussion point “Do not compare apparent visual distances…” fr...
Case 40 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise A result is described only as statistically significant. Wha...