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Case 30 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together · source wording exercise A table has been copied into a new format without...
Limit of the answer in “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: “Assess whether the conclusion extends beyond the measurements and note wha...
Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support it. A plausible explanation is not automatically a demonstrated pathway.
Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Interpretive discussion belongs alongside the evidence, not in place of it...
Clarification for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the point beginning “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals change...
Correction note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: retain the wording beginning “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference inter...
Case 14 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the...
Clarification for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the point beginning “Link both versions, record dates and check whether…” belongs to th...
Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a record of conversions or exclusions. Make synthetic examples explicit and never combine them silently w...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Limit of the answer in “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation”: “Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid translating…” i...
Case 20 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample Clarification for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: the point beginning “Disc...
Case 32 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: t...
Case 8 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Summary draft for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a ...