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Describe the species, model and outcome actually studied. Differences in biology and study conditions limit translation; the finding is not a clinical...
State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...
Case 22 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample Method note for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: use “Discuss who chose to p...
Case 27 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the answe...
Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the interpretation. The reader should be able to see what was observed witho...
Case 192 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation · reader check exercise Clarification for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: th...
Case 1 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Clarification for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: the point beginnin...
Case 13 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together A table has been copied into a new format without its source or transformat...
Case 13 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample Method note for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: use “Discuss who chose to p...
Case 5 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and reta...
Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...
Limit of the answer in “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: “State whether it was prespecified and how…” is an excerpt from the di...
Case 50 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion · comparison exercise Summary draft for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-metho...