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Explain the study’s scope and limitations without recommending a treatment change. Individual decisions belong with a qualified clinician who can asse...
Case 29 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise A chart caption names a mechanism but omits the observ...
Method note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: use “Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale…” as a row...
Case 49 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · comparison exercise Limit of the answer in “Two laboratories, two pe...
Summary draft for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the answer addresses “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals chang...
Clarification for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: the point beginning “Retain units, method, laboratory interval a...
Case 38 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation · source wording exercise Clarification for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguou...
Method note for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: use “State whether it was prespecified and how…” as a row heading in a propos...
Case 30 — A correction log that survives the next archive update · source wording exercise Correction note for “A correction log that survives the nex...
Case 30 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise Method note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: use “Public...
Case 35 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample · source wording exercise Correction note for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Case 40 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Confidence intervals: describe uncer...
Case 34 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation · source wording exercise Correction note for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”:...