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Summary draft for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: the answer addresses “Separate the authors’ interpretation from the…”; the rela...

Case 29 — A correction log that survives the next archive update · source wording exercise Summary draft for “A correction log that survives the next ...

Case 19 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? A comparison table places chromatographic purity and net peptide conte...

Separate document provenance, identity, purity and the conditions measured. A percentage without its method and sample linkage cannot establish all of...

Method note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: use “Report sample size, potential confounders…” as a row heading in a proposed workin...

Case 5 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Two variables move together in a small sample. What would a careful discussion acknowledge? Exer...

Case 4 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods A strong abstract conclusion is being discussed without the study methods. What should the r...

Case 23 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? Ask whether the sample identifier, issuing laboratory, report date and r...

Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...

Case 24 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? The corrected summary can be useful without a clinical promise: model, method...

A human-benefit claim needs appropriate human evidence. This preclinical note should describe its model and translation limits rather than suggesting ...

Case 16 — An evidence table with room for negative findings Clarification for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: the point beginning...