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Identify population, design, comparator, outcome definitions and follow-up. Assess whether the conclusion extends beyond the measurements and note wha...
Case 31 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation · source wording exercise Correction note for “A durable glossary entry for an ambigu...
Case 51 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · comparison exercise Limit of the answer in “Reference management: distingu...
Case 11 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Limit of the answer in “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: “Repor...
Separate document provenance, identity, purity and the conditions measured. A percentage without its method and sample linkage cannot establish all of...
Case 8 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Method note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: use “Ask whether assay, instrument, un...
Case 23 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured A chart caption names a mechanism but omits the observed endpoint. How can the c...
Case 3 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Method note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: use “Ask whether assay, instrument, un...
Case 33 — A correction log that survives the next archive update · source wording exercise Clarification for “A correction log that survives the next ...
Case 15 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods A strong abstract conclusion is being discussed without the study methods. What should the ...
Limit of the answer in “Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract?”: “The reader should be able to see what was…” is an excerpt fr...
Case 15 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Clarification for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: the point beginning “Report s...
Case 34 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · source wording exercise Correction note for “An evidence table with room for negative fi...
Case 8 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Locate the primary study and confirm that it measured the claimed outcome. Re...