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Case 26 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation · source wording exercise Summary draft for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguou...
Case 52 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · comparison exercise Reader check for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: distinguish th...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...
Case 9 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Method note for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sour...
Clarification for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: the point beginning “Link the publisher notice beside the citation, record i...
Clarification for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: the point beginning “Link the publisher notice beside the citation, record i...
Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the point beginning “Assess whether the conclusion extends beyond the measuremen...
Case 36 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · source wording exercise Reader check for “An evidence table with room for negative findi...
Case 43 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: “Pub...
Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support it. A plausible explanation is not automatically a demonstrated pathway.
List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions with enough detail to understand the method. Keep this as research documentation and d...