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Case 20 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? Was the analysis prespecified or exploratory, and how was uncertainty reporte...

Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...

Correction note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: retain the wording beginning “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome...

Case 6 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Clarification for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: the point beginnin...

Case 5 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Clarification for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the point beginning “Link both versi...

Case 24 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? Use a comparison-status column: directly comparable, comparable with s...

Clarification for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: the point beginning “Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating ra...

Case 26 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? · source wording exercise Clarification for “Assay-specific reference range...

Case 17 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Limit of the answer in “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: “Ask whether assay, instrument...