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Case 8 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample A collection of forum reports is being treated as a representative sample. What limitations be...

Limit of the answer in “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: “Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection c...

Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support it. A plausible explanation is not automatically a demonstrated pathway.

Case 10 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible Clarification for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: the point b...

Case 53 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? · comparison exercise Reader check for “Reading a preclinical paper: what bel...

Case 32 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Retractions and expressions of concer...

Case 17 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Correction note for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with...