UnitsCheck 01439 · Member profile
Correction note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: retain the wording beginning “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference inter...
Case 31 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · source wording exercise A paper proposes a mechanism but the summary describe...
Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Interpretive discussion belongs alongside the evidence, not in place of it...
Method note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: use “Report sample size, potential confounders…” as a row heading in a proposed workin...
Case 18 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the point beginning “...
Case 35 — A correction log for an archive article · source wording exercise Reader check for “A correction log for an archive article”: distinguish th...
Case 29 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Two laboratories, two per...
Case 22 — A correction log that survives the next archive update If the source is not accessible, label the revision pending verification. An unavaila...
Case 32 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise Reader check for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: distinguis...
The corrected summary can be useful without a clinical promise: model, methods, endpoint, uncertainty and remaining questions. Link each material stat...
Case 20 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible Correction note for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: retain th...
Clarification for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: the point beginning “Expand it on first use and name the…” belongs to the ...
Case 99 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · uncertainty exercise How can a reading table avoid highlighting only positive outcomes? ...
Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a record of conversions or exclusions. Make synthetic examples explicit and never combine them silently w...