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Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the interpretation. The reader should be able to see what was observed witho...

State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...

Case 34 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Reading an abstract without skipping the ...

Case 36 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Reading an abstract without skipping the ...

Case 42 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sam...

Case 4 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication A cited preprint has a later published version. How should an archive entry handle the relationship...