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Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the point beginning “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…” belongs ...
Case 8 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion A protocol summary omits conditions and controls. What makes the account reproducible...
Case 9 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Summary draft for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: the answer address...
Case 40 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible · source wording exercise Correction note for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the...
State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...
Case 18 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Limit of the answer in “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measu...
Case 146 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · indexing exercise Limit of the answer in “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: “Link bot...
Case 18 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation Expand it on first use and name the discipline and source context. Add a cross-refere...
Summary draft for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the answer addresses “Publication status is useful context but is not itself a…”; the r...
Case 29 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertaint...
Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original reports. Do not infer a physiological trend before assess...
Case 8 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample Correction note for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: retain the wording begin...
Limit of the answer in “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: “Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a…” is an exc...
Method note for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: use “Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection cont...