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Case 36 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise A review cites another review for a claim about an...
Case 111 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible · uncertainty exercise Clarification for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the lab...
Link both versions, record dates and check whether methods or conclusions changed. Publication status is useful context but is not itself a guarantee ...
Case 10 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Correction note for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: retain the word...
Method note for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: use “Describe the measurement, population or model,…” as a row heading ...
Case 2 — An evidence table with room for negative findings Correction note for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: retain the wording...
Case 27 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? · source wording exercise Reader check for “Assay-specific reference ranges...
Case 29 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample · source wording exercise Clarification for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”:...
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...
Case 26 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise Reader check for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty...
Case 6 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? The draft summary of a fictional reading exercise moves from an animal-model o...
Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection context in a private clinical record. A forum comparison cannot diagnose a condition; a quali...
Case 14 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together A table has been copied into a new format without its source or transformat...
Summary draft for “A correction log for an archive article”: the answer addresses “Identify the original error and the corrected text, date…”; the rel...
Limit of the answer in “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: “Report sample size, potential confounders…” is an excerpt from the discussion,...