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Method note for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: use “Describe the species, model and…” as a row heading in a proposed working record....
Locate the primary study and confirm that it measured the claimed outcome. Record when only a secondary account was accessible and avoid presenting it...
Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original reports. Do not infer a physiological trend before assess...
Case 24 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources A review cites another review for a claim about an experiment. How can the e...
Case 2 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original report...
Describe the species, model and outcome actually studied. Differences in biology and study conditions limit translation; the finding is not a clinical...
Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the interpretation. The reader should be able to see what was observed witho...
Case 2 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Limit of the answer in “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: “Report...
Case 33 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · source wording exercise Reader check for “A literature note that separates hy...
Case 5 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Correction note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: retain the wording beginning “Ask ...
Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Interpretive discussion belongs alongside the evidence, not in place of it...
Case 41 — Correlation in a small observational dataset · source wording exercise Method note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: use “...
Case 16 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Limit of the answer in “Reference management: distinguish primary and second...