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Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...
Reader check for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: distinguish the discussion point “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference inte...
Case 12 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Method note for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sou...
Case 139 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? · correction exercise Reader check for “Reading a preclinical paper: what be...
Case 11 — An evidence table with room for negative findings Limit of the answer in “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: “Include all p...
Explain the study’s scope and limitations without recommending a treatment change. Individual decisions belong with a qualified clinician who can asse...
Case 23 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the pro...
Limit of the answer in “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation”: “State the study design and what was actually measured…” is an ...
Case 2 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Link both versions, record dates and check whether methods or conclusions changed. Publication stat...
Method note for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: use “Separate the authors’ interpretation from the…” as a row heading in a propos...
Clarification for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the point beginning “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals change...
Limit of the answer in “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: “Locate the primary study and confirm that it…” is an excerp...
Case 47 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise A result is described only as statistically significant. Wha...
Case 7 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? Use a comparison-status column: directly comparable, comparable with st...