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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...
State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...
Case 25 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together · source wording exercise Correction note for “Data provenance: keep source...
Clarification for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: the point beginning “A forum comparison cannot diagnose a condit...
Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...
Case 33 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion · source wording exercise A reader asks whether an experimental finding should change their trea...
Case 8 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Clarification for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: the point beginning “Report sa...
Case 17 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Summary draft for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the answer addresses “Link both ver...
Separate document provenance, identity, purity and the conditions measured. A percentage without its method and sample linkage cannot establish all of...
Case 33 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Clarification for “Research figure captions: tell the ...
Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original reports. Do not infer a physiological trend before assess...
Case 25 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · source wording exercise Correction note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: retain ...
Case 21 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Method note for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sou...