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A chromatographic peak-area figure and net material content answer different questions. Record the report’s own definition and units before comparing ...
Case 49 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · comparison exercise Summary draft for “Two laboratories, two percent...
Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...
Case 14 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Two results were collected years apart with unknown method changes. What should be clarified? Exer...
Separate document provenance, identity, purity and the conditions measured. A percentage without its method and sample linkage cannot establish all of...
Correction note for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: retain the wording beginning “Expand it on first use and name the…” in t...
Case 100 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · uncertainty exercise Clarification for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty ...
Case 23 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Clarification for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: the point beg...
Even an authentic analytical report has scope limits. It is not by itself a demonstration of clinical efficacy, sterility or suitability for human use...
Clarification for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: the point beginning “Explain the study’s scope and limitations without…” belongs to t...
Case 28 — A correction log for an archive article · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “A correction log for an archive article”: “Keep th...
Case 15 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting ov...
Method note for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: use “Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a…” as a row hea...
Method note for “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation”: use “State the study design and what was actually measured…” as a row ...