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Case 7 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and reta...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the point beginning “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…” belongs ...
Case 18 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? Use a comparison-status column: directly comparable, comparable with s...
Case 6 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample Clarification for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: the point beginning “Discu...
Case 19 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? An apparent difference can motivate a method question without proving ...
Clarification for “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation”: the point beginning “State the study design and what was actually me...
Case 32 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: “Do ...
Case 30 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion · source wording exercise Method note for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: use “In...
Case 19 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? Was the analysis prespecified or exploratory, and how was uncertainty reporte...
Case 9 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Correction note for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output...
Case 51 — A correction log for an archive article · comparison exercise Method note for “A correction log for an archive article”: use “Identify the o...
Case 9 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Summary draft for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: the answer a...
Clarification for “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation”: the point beginning “State the study design and what was actually me...