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Clarification for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: the point beginning “Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcom...
Case 13 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible Summary draft for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: the answer ...
Describe the species, model and outcome actually studied. Differences in biology and study conditions limit translation; the finding is not a clinical...
Case 31 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Reference management: distingui...
Case 17 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample Correction note for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: retain the wording begi...
Case 21 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Summary draft for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”:...
Case 32 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise Method note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: use “Public...
Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...
Case 8 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? The summary should say that different quantities were initially mixed a...
Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting over time. Such material can suggest questions but cannot e...
Method note for “Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support?”: use “Separate document provenance, identity, purity and…” as a ...
Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the interpretation. The reader should be able to see what was observed witho...
Method note for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: use “Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection cont...
Case 22 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? Check the primary paper, supplementary material and any publisher correction....
Summary draft for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: the answer addresses “Expand it on first use and name the…”; the related p...