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Case 29 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Two laboratories, two per...

Case 35 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise A strong abstract conclusion is being discussed without the study...

Case 76 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · documentation exercise Clarification for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty...

Clarification for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: the point beginning “Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable rec...

Case 7 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? Keep the original reported values beside any reformatted presentation. ...

Case 4 — A correction log for an archive article Clarification for “A correction log for an archive article”: the point beginning “Identify the origin...

Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support it. A plausible explanation is not automatically a demonstrated pathway.

Method note for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: use “Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection cont...

Case 34 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise Method note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty ...

Clarification for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: the point beginning “State whether it was prespecified and how…” belongs to...

Separate document provenance, identity, purity and the conditions measured. A percentage without its method and sample linkage cannot establish all of...