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Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...
Case 16 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together A table has been copied into a new format without its source or transformat...
Case 17 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? Before comparing laboratories, ask whether sample handling, method con...
Case 9 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? A chromatographic peak-area figure and net material content answer differ...
Case 129 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion · correction exercise Method note for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: use “Indiv...
Case 14 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample Limit of the answer in “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: “Discuss who chose t...
Case 12 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Correction note for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured...
Case 37 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion · source wording exercise A protocol summary omits conditions and controls. What mak...
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 “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: “Publication status is useful context but is not itself a…” is an excerpt from the...