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Case 20 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly A result is described only as statistically significant. What information is missing? ...
Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the point beginning “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…” belongs ...
Case 30 — Correlation in a small observational dataset · source wording exercise Two variables move together in a small sample. What would a careful d...
Case 37 — A correction log for an archive article · source wording exercise Method note for “A correction log for an archive article”: use “Keep the c...
Case 8 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation Summary draft for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: the answer...
Reader check for “A correction log that survives the next archive update”: distinguish the discussion point “Use separate entries for the internal tra...
Limit of the answer in “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: “Keep this as research documentation and do not turn…” is an excerpt...
Case 18 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? Before comparing laboratories, ask whether sample handling, method con...
Separate document provenance, identity, purity and the conditions measured. A percentage without its method and sample linkage cannot establish all of...
Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...
Case 7 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Correction note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: retain the wording beginning...
Case 9 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Correction note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: retain the...
Case 35 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise Method note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty ...
Clarification for “Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract?”: the point beginning “Put the species or model, design, comparator ...