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Limit of the answer in “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: “Report sample size, potential confounders…” is an excerpt from the discussion,...
Clarification for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: the point beginning “Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcom...
Summary draft for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: the answer addresses “Such material can suggest questions but…”; the related point...
Case 47 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the metho...
Case 2 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides ...
Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting over time. Such material can suggest questions but cannot e...
Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support it. A plausible explanation is not automatically a demonstrated pathway.
Case 8 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation Clarification for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: the point beginning “Describ...
Case 25 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Method note for “Research figure captions: tell the re...
Case 29 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the answe...
Case 15 — A correction log that survives the next archive update Ask whether the changed figure affects the archive’s interpretation. Updating a citat...
Case 36 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Animal evidence and the limits of translatio...