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State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...
Case 5 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Method note for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: us...
Identify population, design, comparator, outcome definitions and follow-up. Assess whether the conclusion extends beyond the measurements and note wha...
Case 19 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible A subgroup finding was not the primary planned analysis. How should it be summarised? ...
Case 28 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · source wording exercise Two results were collected years apart with unknown method changes. What...
Identify population, design, comparator, outcome definitions and follow-up. Assess whether the conclusion extends beyond the measurements and note wha...
Case 6 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting ove...
Case 38 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible · source wording exercise A subgroup finding was not the primary planned analysis. How...
Clarification for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: the point beginning “Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null…” b...
Separate document provenance, identity, purity and the conditions measured. A percentage without its method and sample linkage cannot establish all of...
Case 3 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Limit of the answer in “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: “Record the o...
Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Interpretive discussion belongs alongside the evidence, not in place of it...
Case 8 — A correction log that survives the next archive update Ask whether the changed figure affects the archive’s interpretation. Updating a citati...
Case 19 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation Limit of the answer in “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: “Describe the species,...
Case 2 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation Limit of the answer in “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observa...