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Case 50 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · comparison exercise Clarification for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the point beg...

State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...

Method note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: use “Publication status is useful context but is not itself a…” as a row heading in a pro...

Case 39 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together · source wording exercise Reader check for “Data provenance: keep source, t...

Case 18 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods A strong abstract conclusion is being discussed without the study methods. What should the ...

Correction note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: retain the wording beginning “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome...

Expand it on first use and name the discipline and source context. Add a cross-reference for alternate meanings rather than assuming that every histor...

Limit of the answer in “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: “Link both versions, record dates and check whether…” is an excerpt from the discu...

Correction note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: retain the wording beginning “Report effect size, confidence interval and...