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List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions with enough detail to understand the method. Keep this as research documentation and d...
Case 14 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the point beginning “...
State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...
Case 23 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the...
Locate the primary study and confirm that it measured the claimed outcome. Record when only a secondary account was accessible and avoid presenting it...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Case 5 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible Correction note for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: retain the...
Method note for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: use “Expand it on first use and name the…” as a row heading in a proposed wo...
Case 28 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion · source wording exercise Clarification for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-m...
Clarification for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: the point beginning “Link the publisher notice beside the citation, record i...
Case 40 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive · source wording exercise Method note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an...
Case 32 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion · source wording exercise A protocol summary omits conditions and controls. What mak...
Case 15 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and ret...
Clarification for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: the point beginning “Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null…” b...