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Case 20 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides...
Case 38 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Reference management: dist...
Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original reports. Do not infer a physiological trend before assess...
Clarification for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: the point beginning “List materials, measurement conditions, controls and...
Case 26 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise Reader check for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty...
Correction note for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: retain the wording beginning “Interpretive discussion belongs along...
Case 19 — An evidence table with room for negative findings Clarification for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: the point beginning...
Case 19 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion A reader asks whether an experimental finding should change their treatment. What is an appropri...
Case 24 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Clarification for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a...
Case 29 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? · source wording exercise Clarification for “Certificate of analysis: wh...
Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a record of conversions or exclusions. Make synthetic examples explicit and never combine them silently w...
Case 23 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? Was the analysis prespecified or exploratory, and how was uncertainty reporte...
Case 9 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? Even an authentic analytical report has scope limits. It is not by itself...