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Case 49 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · comparison exercise Reader check for “Two laboratories, two percenta...
Clarification for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: the point beginning “Report sample size, potential confounders…” belongs to the ques...
Case 14 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Clarification for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the point beginning “Ask whether as...
Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...
Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting over time. Such material can suggest questions but cannot e...
Separate document provenance, identity, purity and the conditions measured. A percentage without its method and sample linkage cannot establish all of...
Case 100 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · uncertainty exercise Limit of the answer in “Confidence intervals: describe uncerta...
Case 23 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Limit of the answer in “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: “Link th...
Clarification for “Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support?”: the point beginning “Separate document provenance, identity, ...
Expand it on first use and name the discipline and source context. Add a cross-reference for alternate meanings rather than assuming that every histor...
Case 28 — A correction log for an archive article · source wording exercise Summary draft for “A correction log for an archive article”: the answer ad...
Case 15 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample Method note for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: use “Discuss who chose to p...
Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...
Case 19 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection context in a priva...