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List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions with enough detail to understand the method. Keep this as research documentation and d...

Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...

Case 7 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Summary draft for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the answer addresses “...

Summary draft for “Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support?”: the answer addresses “A percentage without its method and sam...

Case 2 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Inter...

Case 17 — An evidence table with room for negative findings Limit of the answer in “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: “Include all p...

Separate document provenance, identity, purity and the conditions measured. A percentage without its method and sample linkage cannot establish all of...

Clarification for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: the point beginning “Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null…” b...

Clarification for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: the point beginning “Describe the measurement, population or model,…”...

Case 9 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Clarification for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a ...