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Identify population, design, comparator, outcome definitions and follow-up. Assess whether the conclusion extends beyond the measurements and note wha...
Case 39 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive · source wording exercise Clarification for “Retractions and expressions of concern in ...
Case 13 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly A result is described only as statistically significant. What information is missing? ...
Case 55 — Correlation in a small observational dataset · comparison exercise Clarification for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: the poi...
Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection context in a private clinical record. A forum comparison cannot diagnose a condition; a quali...
State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...
Clarification for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: the point beginning “Describe the species, model and…” belongs to the question as w...
Case 31 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · source wording exercise Correction note for “A literature note that separates...
Case 33 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · source wording exercise Correction note for “A literature note that separates...
Case 39 — A correction log for an archive article · source wording exercise Correction note for “A correction log for an archive article”: retain the ...
Limit of the answer in “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: “Interpretive discussion belongs alongside the evidence, not…” i...
Case 1 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not iden...
Correction note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: retain the wording beginning “Link the publisher notice beside the citatio...