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Locate the primary study and confirm that it measured the claimed outcome. Record when only a secondary account was accessible and avoid presenting it...

Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...

Case 16 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Clarification for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: the point beginni...

Case 11 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Limit of the answer in “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measu...

Case 30 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion · source wording exercise Method note for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: use “In...

Case 6 — A correction log for an archive article A transcription error changes the units in a figure caption. How should the archive record be repaire...

Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...

Case 30 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation · source wording exercise The same abbreviation has different meanings in neighbourin...

Case 23 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation Correction note for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: retain the wording beginn...

Case 43 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible · source wording exercise Correction note for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the...

Case 6 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and reta...

Case 7 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation An animal experiment is cited as though it establishes a human outcome. What qualification is r...