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Case 53 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · comparison exercise A chart caption names a mechanism but omits the observed e...
State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...
Limit of the answer in “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed…” is an excer...
Case 13 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Correction note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: retain th...
Identify population, design, comparator, outcome definitions and follow-up. Assess whether the conclusion extends beyond the measurements and note wha...
Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...
Case 23 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Limit of the answer in “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: “Identify popula...
Case 1 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample A collection of forum reports is being treated as a representative sample. What limitations be...
Case 18 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible Limit of the answer in “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: “State...
Case 12 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Method note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: use “Identify populatio...
Case 5 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion Method note for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: use “List ...
Case 15 — An evidence table with room for negative findings Limit of the answer in “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: “Include all p...
Case 3 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support it...
Case 34 — Correlation in a small observational dataset · source wording exercise Reader check for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: dist...