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State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...
Case 31 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation · source wording exercise Reader check for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: di...
Link both versions, record dates and check whether methods or conclusions changed. Publication status is useful context but is not itself a guarantee ...
Locate the primary study and confirm that it measured the claimed outcome. Record when only a secondary account was accessible and avoid presenting it...
Case 19 — An evidence table with room for negative findings Summary draft for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: the answer addresse...
Clarification for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: the point beginning “State whether it was prespecified and how…” belongs to...
Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...
Case 34 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive · source wording exercise Clarification for “Retractions and expressions of concern in ...
Case 1 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured A chart caption names a mechanism but omits the observed endpoint. How can the ca...
Case 13 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Method note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: use “Link the p...
Reader check for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: distinguish the discussion point “Individual decisions belong with a qualified clinici...
Case 36 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Two laboratories, tw...