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Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Interpretive discussion belongs alongside the evidence, not in place of it...
Case 1 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Correction note for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary ...
Case 32 — Correlation in a small observational dataset · source wording exercise Reader check for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: dist...
Method note for “A correction log for an archive article”: use “Identify the original error and the corrected text, date…” as a row heading in a propo...
Case 2 — A correction log for an archive article A transcription error changes the units in a figure caption. How should the archive record be repaire...
Method note for “Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract?”: use “The reader should be able to see what was…” as a row heading in...
Limit of the answer in “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: “Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection c...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Limit of the answer in “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: “Describe the species, model and…” is an excerpt from the discussion, not an i...
Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the point beginning “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…” belongs ...
Clarification for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: the point beginning “Record the original units and axis transformation, show a...
Case 21 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? The draft summary of a fictional reading exercise moves from an animal-model ...
Case 12 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together A table has been copied into a new format without its source or transformat...