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Case 21 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the point beginning “...
Case 13 — An evidence table with room for negative findings How can a reading table avoid highlighting only positive outcomes? Exercise RESEARCH-27341...
Correction note for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: retain the wording beginning “Locate the primary study and conf...
Case 28 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Correction note for “Research figure captions: tell th...
Case 18 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? The summary should say that different quantities were initially mixed ...
Case 22 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Method note for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: use “Record the ori...
Correction note for “Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing?”: retain the wording beginning “Do not subtract the two per...
Case 5 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Limit of the answer in “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: “Identify populat...
Limit of the answer in “Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support?”: “Separate document provenance, identity, purity and…” is...
Limit of the answer in “A correction log that survives the next archive update”: “Use separate entries for the internal transcription correction…” is ...
Case 31 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample · source wording exercise Clarification for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”:...
Case 41 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? · source wording exercise Reader check for “Assay-specific reference ranges...
Case 1 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Correction note for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output...
Case 17 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the...