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Reader check for “A correction log for an archive article”: distinguish the discussion point “Identify the original error and the corrected text, date...
Case 49 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · comparison exercise Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”:...
State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...
Case 25 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · source wording exercise Correction note for “An evidence table with room for negative fi...
Case 43 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Confidence intervals: describe uncer...
Locate the primary study and confirm that it measured the claimed outcome. Record when only a secondary account was accessible and avoid presenting it...
Case 6 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? A reagent dossier contains a summary purity percentage but not the method...
Case 14 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Summary draft for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the answer addresses “Ask whether a...
Limit of the answer in “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: “Explain the study’s scope and limitations without…” is an excerpt from the disc...
Case 210 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · scope exercise Summary draft for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”:...
Case 19 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? The summary should say that different quantities were initially mixed ...