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Before comparing laboratories, ask whether sample handling, method conditions and reporting definitions are available. Missing details should be visib...
Case 31 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together · source wording exercise Reader check for “Data provenance: keep source, t...
Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...
Case 15 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample Summary draft for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: the answer addresses “Dis...
Case 21 — A correction log that survives the next archive update A archive table has a transcription error in a unit label. A later publisher notice a...
Case 32 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise Reader check for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty...
Correction note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: retain the wording beginning “Report effect size, confidence interval and...
Case 3 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion Clarification for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: the poin...
Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original reports. Do not infer a physiological trend before assess...
Case 35 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Reading an abstract without skipping the metho...
Case 18 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation The same abbreviation has different meanings in neighbouring fields. How can an archi...
Case 15 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion Method note for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: use “List...
Clarification for “Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing?”: the point beginning “Do not subtract the two percentages as...
Case 18 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? Check the primary paper, supplementary material and any publisher correction....