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Method note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: use “Report sample size, potential confounders…” as a row heading in a proposed workin...
Case 10 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation Method note for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: use “Describe the species, mo...
Case 36 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise Method note for “Reference management: distinguish...
Case 29 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · source wording exercise Clarification for “An evidence table with room for negative find...
Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...
Case 12 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Correction note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: retain the wording beginning “Lin...
Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting over time. Such material can suggest questions but cannot e...
Correction note for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: retain the wording beginning “Separate the authors’ interpretation from the…”...
Check the primary paper, supplementary material and any publisher correction. A review article can help locate sources, but it is not a substitute for...
Case 16 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly A result is described only as statistically significant. What information is missing? ...
Method note for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: use “Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a…” as a row hea...
Clarification for “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation”: the point beginning “State the study design and what was actually me...
Case 28 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise Correction note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: retain ...
Case 29 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation · source wording exercise Reader check for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: di...
Case 22 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation An animal experiment is cited as though it establishes a human outcome. What qualification is ...