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Case 2 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the ...

Case 3 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Correction note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: retain the wording beginning “Link...

Case 14 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original repor...

Method note for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: use “A forum comparison cannot diagnose a condition; a qualified…”...

Case 33 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise A chart caption names a mechanism but omits the observ...

Case 16 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation Limit of the answer in “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: “Describe the species,...

Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...

Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection context in a private clinical record. A forum comparison cannot diagnose a condition; a quali...

Case 19 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Summary draft for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary s...

Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...

Case 32 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Animal evidence and the limits of translatio...

List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions with enough detail to understand the method. Keep this as research documentation and d...