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Case 35 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: “Do ...

Case 16 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Correction note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: retain the wording ...

Limit of the answer in “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: “Publication status is useful context but is not itself a…” is an excerpt from the...

Reader check for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: distinguish the discussion point “Locate the primary study and con...

Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...

State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...

Limit of the answer in “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: “Explain the study’s scope and limitations without…” is an excerpt from the disc...

Case 28 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “An evidence table with room for negative...

Case 10 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible Clarification for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: the point b...