UnitsCheck 04019 · Member profile
Explain the study’s scope and limitations without recommending a treatment change. Individual decisions belong with a qualified clinician who can asse...
Case 35 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together · source wording exercise Reader check for “Data provenance: keep source, t...
Case 38 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive · source wording exercise Clarification for “Retractions and expressions of concern in ...
Case 39 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise Method note for “Reference management: distinguish...
Case 18 — A correction log for an archive article Identify the original error and the corrected text, date the correction and link the source. Keep th...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Clarification for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: the point beginning “Describe the measurement, population or model,…”...
Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the point beginning “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…” belongs ...
Case 3 — A correction log that survives the next archive update Keep a visible correction near the affected material and a linked changelog entry. Rea...
Clarification for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: the point beginning “Record the original units and axis transformation, show a...
Method note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: use “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…” as a row heading in a prop...
Case 4 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Limit of the answer in “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: “Record the o...
Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting over time. Such material can suggest questions but cannot e...
Case 20 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible Limit of the answer in “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: “State...