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Correction note for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: retain the wording beginning “Locate the primary study and conf...
Case 27 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the metho...
Case 19 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication A cited preprint has a later published version. How should an archive entry handle the relationshi...
Case 31 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? · source wording exercise The draft summary of a fictional reading exercise m...
Case 99 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · uncertainty exercise Summary draft for “An evidence table with room for negative finding...
State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...
Case 28 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”:...
Case 3 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Method note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: use “Report ef...
Case 8 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Method note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: use “Report sample size, potenti...
Case 18 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Clarification for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: the point beginning “Report s...
Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Interpretive discussion belongs alongside the evidence, not in place of it...