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Case 108 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · uncertainty exercise Method note for “An evidence table with room for negative findings...
Check the primary paper, supplementary material and any publisher correction. A review article can help locate sources, but it is not a substitute for...
Case 7 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection context in a privat...
Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...
Case 24 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? Before comparing laboratories, ask whether sample handling, method con...
Case 25 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise Correction note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertai...
Each entry should retain the date, old text, corrected text, reason and source reference. For a publisher notice, link the notice as well as the origi...
Case 23 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the point beginning “...
Case 2 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion Method note for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: use “Explain the study’s scope and...
Case 50 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation · comparison exercise Summary draft for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous ab...
Case 10 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Method note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: use “Ask whether assay, instrument, u...
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 “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: “Expand it on first use and name the…” is an excerpt from the discuss...
Clarification for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: the point beginning “Record the original units and axis transformation, show a...