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List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions with enough detail to understand the method. Keep this as research documentation and d...
Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...
Case 18 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Clarification for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary s...
Case 24 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Summary draft for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: the answer ...
Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original reports. Do not infer a physiological trend before assess...
Case 17 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? A value has been quoted without units, assay method or reference interval. ...
Case 8 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Method note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: use “Report ef...
Case 24 — An evidence table with room for negative findings How can a reading table avoid highlighting only positive outcomes? Exercise RESEARCH-24834...
Case 14 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Clarification for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output ...
Case 17 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? The corrected summary can be useful without a clinical promise: model, method...
Case 1 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? A value has been quoted without units, assay method or reference interval. W...
Case 40 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise Correction note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: retain ...
Method note for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: use “Explain the study’s scope and limitations without…” as a row heading in a proposed...