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Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support it. A plausible explanation is not automatically a demonstrated pathway.
Case 44 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · source wording exercise Clarification for “Two laboratories, two per...
Method note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: use “Report sample size, potential confounders…” as a row heading in a proposed workin...
Case 45 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · source wording exercise Reader check for “A literature note that separates hy...
Case 44 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertaint...
State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...
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 4 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? The draft summary of a fictional reading exercise moves from an animal-model o...
Summary draft for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: the answer addresses “Describe the measurement, population or model,…...
Clarification for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: the point beginning “List materials, measurement conditions, controls and...
Case 13 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion Summary draft for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: the answer addresses “Explain t...
Case 30 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Retractions and expressions of concer...
Case 8 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Summary draft for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the answer addresses “Link both vers...