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Case 41 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Reading an abstract without skipping the ...
Clarification for “A correction log for an archive article”: the point beginning “Identify the original error and the corrected text, date…” belongs t...
Clarification for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: the point beginning “Keep the source citation, retrieval date an...
State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...
Case 48 — Correlation in a small observational dataset · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Correlation in a small observational dataset”...
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 30 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · source wording exercise A comparison table places chromatographic pu...
Case 47 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise A strong abstract conclusion is being discussed without the study...
Method note for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: use “Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion…” as...
Case 24 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation Describe the species, model and outcome actually studied. Differences in biology and study con...
Summary draft for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the answer addresses “Assess whether the conclusion extends beyond the measureme...
Limit of the answer in “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: “Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a…” is an exc...
Case 2 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Method note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: use “Report ef...
Correction note for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: retain the wording beginning “Describe the species, model and…” in the record. If...