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Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection context in a private clinical record. A forum comparison cannot diagnose a condition; a quali...
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 14 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion Correction note for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: retain the wording beginning ...
Case 8 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation Clarification for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: the point ...
Case 26 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? · source wording exercise A reagent dossier contains a summary purity pe...
Case 26 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the metho...
Method note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: use “Link the publisher notice beside the citation, record its date and…” as a...
Limit of the answer in “Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing?”: “Do not subtract the two percentages as though they re...
Method note for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: use “Explain the study’s scope and limitations without…” as a row heading in a proposed...
Case 14 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides...
Case 49 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation · comparison exercise Method note for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: use “De...
Method note for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: use “Locate the primary study and confirm that it…” as a row headin...
Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...
Clarification for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: the point beginning “State whether it was prespecified and how…” belongs to...