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Case 5 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Clarification for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a ...
State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...
Case 8 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample A collection of forum reports is being treated as a representative sample. What limitations be...
Limit of the answer in “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: “Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection c...
Case 43 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · source wording exercise Two results were collected years apart with unknown method changes. What...
Case 22 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? The summary should say that different quantities were initially mixed ...
Clarification for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: the point beginning “Explain the study’s scope and limitations without…” belongs to t...
Case 47 — A correction log for an archive article · source wording exercise Correction note for “A correction log for an archive article”: retain the ...
Case 22 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Link both versions, record dates and check whether methods or conclusions changed. Publication sta...
Method note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: use “Statistical significance alone does not establish…” as a row heading in ...
Case 6 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Two results were collected years apart with unknown method changes. What should be clarified? Exerc...
Explain the study’s scope and limitations without recommending a treatment change. Individual decisions belong with a qualified clinician who can asse...
Case 19 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Limit of the answer in “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and ou...