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Summary draft for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: the answer addresses “Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null…”;...
Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support it. A plausible explanation is not automatically a demonstrated pathway.
Separate document provenance, identity, purity and the conditions measured. A percentage without its method and sample linkage cannot establish all of...
Case 31 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together · source wording exercise Correction note for “Data provenance: keep source...
Case 10 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? The summary should say that different quantities were initially mixed ...
Summary draft for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the answer addresses “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…”; the re...
Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting over time. Such material can suggest questions but cannot e...
Case 12 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Clarification for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output ...
Ask whether the sample identifier, issuing laboratory, report date and relevant analytical method can be verified. A copied certificate may be genuine...
Case 15 — A correction log that survives the next archive update Ask whether the changed figure affects the archive’s interpretation. Updating a citat...
Case 51 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · comparison exercise How can a reading table avoid highlighting only positive outcomes? R...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Case 26 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? · source wording exercise Method note for “Certificate of analysis: whic...