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Case 37 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · source wording exercise Correction note for “An evidence table with room for negative fi...

Case 24 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample A collection of forum reports is being treated as a representative sample. What limitations b...

Method note for “Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing?”: use “Do not subtract the two percentages as though they repre...

Case 9 — A correction log that survives the next archive update A archive table has a transcription error in a unit label. A later publisher notice al...

Case 21 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible Limit of the answer in “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: “State...

Case 32 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise Correction note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: retain ...

Limit of the answer in “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: “Expand it on first use and name the…” is an excerpt from the discuss...

Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...

Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting over time. Such material can suggest questions but cannot e...

Clarification for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: the point beginning “Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null…” b...

Case 31 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise Correction note for “Reference management: disting...