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Case 25 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? · source wording exercise Reader check for “Assay-specific reference ranges...
Proposed correction: documentation supplied; method and sample linkage incomplete. Add a dated update if verifiable primary material later resolves th...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Describe the species, model and outcome actually studied. Differences in biology and study conditions limit translation; the finding is not a clinical...
Case 118 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · uncertainty exercise Summary draft for “A literature note that separates hyp...
Clarification for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: the point beginning “Record when only a secondary account was acc...
Case 2 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods A strong abstract conclusion is being discussed without the study methods. What should the r...
Case 47 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · source wording exercise Two figures use different units and one axis is logarithmic. Ho...
Case 33 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the answe...
Case 14 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Clarification for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output ...
Case 13 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support i...
Case 37 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: ...
Correction note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: retain the wording beginning “Link the publisher notice beside the citatio...