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Case 1 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? The draft summary of a fictional reading exercise moves from an animal-model o...

Case 47 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise A chart caption names a mechanism but omits the observ...

Case 11 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Limit of the answer in “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: “Ask whether assay, instrument...

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...

Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Interpretive discussion belongs alongside the evidence, not in place of it...

Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the interpretation. The reader should be able to see what was observed witho...

Ask whether the sample identifier, issuing laboratory, report date and relevant analytical method can be verified. A copied certificate may be genuine...

Case 4 — An evidence table with room for negative findings Limit of the answer in “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: “Include all pr...

Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...