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Case 4 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible Limit of the answer in “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: “State ...
Summary draft for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: the answer addresses “Retain units, method, laboratory interval ...
State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...
Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...
Case 2 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? A value has been quoted without units, assay method or reference interval. W...
Case 17 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Method note for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output to...
Method note for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: use “Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a…” as a row hea...
Limit of the answer in “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: “List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions wit...
Case 27 — A correction log for an archive article · source wording exercise Correction note for “A correction log for an archive article”: retain the ...
Case 12 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Clarification for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a...
Case 32 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible · source wording exercise Clarification for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the l...
Method note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: use “Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale…” as a row...
Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original reports. Do not infer a physiological trend before assess...
Reader check for “A correction log for an archive article”: distinguish the discussion point “Identify the original error and the corrected text, date...
Case 3 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? Even an authentic analytical report has scope limits. It is not by itself...