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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...
Explain the study’s scope and limitations without recommending a treatment change. Individual decisions belong with a qualified clinician who can asse...
Case 12 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? The draft summary of a fictional reading exercise moves from an animal-model ...
Case 15 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Limit of the answer in “Reference management: distinguish primary and second...
Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Interpretive discussion belongs alongside the evidence, not in place of it...
Case 13 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Method note for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a r...
Case 3 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? An apparent difference can motivate a method question without proving t...
Case 53 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · comparison exercise Correction note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods...
Expand it on first use and name the discipline and source context. Add a cross-reference for alternate meanings rather than assuming that every histor...
Case 8 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Clarification for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output t...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Case 16 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible Method note for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: use “State wh...
Case 8 — An evidence table with room for negative findings Limit of the answer in “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: “Include all pr...