StudyDesign 07546 · Member profile
Case 30 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? · source wording exercise Correction note for “Reading a preclinical paper: w...
Case 42 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · source wording exercise Method note for “A literature note that separates hyp...
Case 8 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion Method note for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: use “Explain the study’s scope and...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Case 38 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · source wording exercise Two results were collected years apart with unknown method changes. What...
Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...
Method note for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: use “List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions with e...
Limit of the answer in “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: “Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records…” is an ex...
Case 12 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods A strong abstract conclusion is being discussed without the study methods. What should the ...
Correction note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: retain the wording beginning “Link both versions, record dates and check whether…” in...
Case 32 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise A result is described only as statistically significant. Wha...
Case 19 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Method note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: use “Identify populatio...
Clarification for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: the point beginning “Report sample size, potential confounders…” belongs to the ques...
Case 57 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · comparison exercise Correction note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: retain the ...
Case 4 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Clarification for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: ...