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Case 26 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise Clarification for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertaint...

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

Case 14 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? A human-benefit claim needs appropriate human evidence. This preclinical note...

Limit of the answer in “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: “Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null…” is an excerpt fr...

Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...

Clarification for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the point beginning “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals change...

Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and retain the original values. Do not compare apparent visual dista...

Case 11 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Clarification for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: the point b...

Method note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: use “Statistical significance alone does not establish…” as a row heading in ...

Case 7 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Limit of the answer in “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: “Link the...

Correction note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: retain the wording beginning “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome...

Case 26 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep ...