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Summary draft for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the answer addresses “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…”; the re...
State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...
Summary draft for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: the answer addresses “A forum comparison cannot diagnose a condi...
Limit of the answer in “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed…” is an excer...
Case 32 — Correlation in a small observational dataset · source wording exercise Correction note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: r...
Method note for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: use “Make synthetic examples explicit and never combine them…” as ...
Summary draft for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the answer addresses “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…”; the re...
Clarification for “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation”: the point beginning “Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid ...
Case 19 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Summary draft for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the answer addresses “Link both ver...
Case 37 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Reference management: dist...
Ask whether the sample identifier, issuing laboratory, report date and relevant analytical method can be verified. A copied certificate may be genuine...
Case 24 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation Clarification for “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation...
Case 34 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Confidence intervals: describe uncer...
Summary draft for “Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract?”: the answer addresses “The reader should be able to see what was…”;...
Case 22 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Clarification for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output ...