MethodsReader 04371 · Member profile
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Case 36 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the l...
State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...
Keep a visible correction near the affected material and a linked changelog entry. Readers who saved the earlier version should be able to understand ...
Case 26 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · source wording exercise Method note for “Two laboratories, two perce...
Case 28 — Correlation in a small observational dataset · source wording exercise Method note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: use “...
Method note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: use “Report sample size, potential confounders…” as a row heading in a proposed workin...
Case 16 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Method note for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output to...
Case 44 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sam...
Limit of the answer in “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: “Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale…” is an...
Method note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: use “Report sample size, potential confounders…” as a row heading in a proposed workin...
Case 28 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Reading a preclinical paper: wha...
Summary draft for “Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract?”: the answer addresses “Put the species or model, design, comparator...
Clarification for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: the point beginning “Report sample size, potential confounders…” belongs to the ques...