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Case 3 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides ...
Case 6 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions with enough detail to...
Correction note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: retain the wording beginning “Report sample size, potential confounders…” in the r...
Case 23 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Method note for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sou...
Limit of the answer in “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: “State whether it was prespecified and how…” is an excerpt from the di...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Case 25 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-m...
Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support it. A plausible explanation is not automatically a demonstrated pathway.
Case 28 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · source wording exercise Reader check for “An evidence table with room for negative findi...
Clarification for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: the point beginning “Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcom...
Limit of the answer in “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: “Link both versions, record dates and check whether…” is an excerpt from the discu...
Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...
Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...