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Limit of the answer in “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: “Do not compare apparent visual distances…” is an excerpt from the discus...

Case 1 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not iden...

Correction note for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: retain the wording beginning “Locate the primary study and conf...

Case 18 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation Describe the species, model and outcome actually studied. Differences in biology and study con...

Case 22 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? A human-benefit claim needs appropriate human evidence. This preclinical note...

Case 8 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Clarification for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: ...

Case 29 — Correlation in a small observational dataset · source wording exercise Method note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: use “...

Case 28 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise Method note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods...

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

Limit of the answer in “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: “Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null…” is an excerpt fr...

Clarification for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: the point beginning “Describe the species, model and…” belongs to the question as w...