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Case 35 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · source wording exercise Two results were collected years apart with unknown method changes. What...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Case 8 — A correction log that survives the next archive update The final note should distinguish corrected data transcription, changed source evidenc...
Case 23 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Limit of the answer in “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: “Identify popula...
Case 34 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · source wording exercise Correction note for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparis...
Case 26 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · source wording exercise Summary draft for “An evidence table with room for negative find...
Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting over time. Such material can suggest questions but cannot e...
Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the interpretation. The reader should be able to see what was observed witho...
Case 50 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · comparison exercise Reader check for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty exp...
Case 30 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? · source wording exercise The draft summary of a fictional reading exercise m...
Case 2 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample Method note for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: use “Discuss who chose to po...