EvidenceTable 00834 · Member profile
Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support it. A plausible explanation is not automatically a demonstrated pathway.
Case 8 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Two variables move together in a small sample. What would a careful discussion acknowledge? Exer...
Case 8 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources A review cites another review for a claim about an experiment. How can the ev...
Case 17 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? A value has been quoted without units, assay method or reference interval. ...
Limit of the answer in “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation”: “State the study design and what was actually measured…” is an ...
Case 27 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? · source wording exercise Method note for “Assay-specific reference ranges:...
Summary draft for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: the answer addresses “Describe the species, model and…”; the related point is “Diff...
Case 31 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible · source wording exercise Clarification for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the l...
Method note for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: use “Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a…” as a row hea...
Limit of the answer in “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: “Report sample size, potential confounders…” is an excerpt from the discussion,...
Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the point beginning “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…” belongs ...
Case 10 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Clarification for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: the point beg...
Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...
Case 48 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise A result is described only as statistically significant. Wha...