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Case 5 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? The summary should say that different quantities were initially mixed a...
Case 41 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise Reader check for “Reading an abstract without skipping the method...
Method note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: use “Report sample size, potential confounders…” as a row heading in a proposed workin...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Correction note for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: retain the wording beginning “Such material can suggest questions but…” in the r...
Case 47 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise A strong abstract conclusion is being discussed without the study...
Case 2 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly A result is described only as statistically significant. What information is missing? E...
Was the analysis prespecified or exploratory, and how was uncertainty reported? Record what the paper states and mark unreported fields instead of ass...
Case 8 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation Describe the species, model and outcome actually studied. Differences in biology and study cond...
Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...
Clarification for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: the point beginning “Describe the species, model and…” belongs to the question as w...
Case 25 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Clarification for “Research figure captions: tell the ...
Identify population, design, comparator, outcome definitions and follow-up. Assess whether the conclusion extends beyond the measurements and note wha...
Case 29 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise Correction note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: retain ...