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Method note for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: use “Expand it on first use and name the…” as a row heading in a proposed wo...
Case 45 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · source wording exercise Reader check for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: distinguis...
Case 20 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly A result is described only as statistically significant. What information is missing? ...
Case 7 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Clarification for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a ...
Case 5 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Limit of the answer in “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: “Ask whether assay, instrument,...
State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...
Limit of the answer in “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: “Link both versions, record dates and check whether…” is an excerpt from the discu...
Case 34 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? · source wording exercise Reader check for “Reading a preclinical paper: what...
Case 47 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise Clarification for “Reference management: distingui...
Clarification for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the point beginning “Link both versions, record dates and check whether…” belongs to th...
Case 7 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? An apparent difference can motivate a method question without proving t...
Clarification for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: the point beginning “Retain units, method, laboratory interval a...
Case 15 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Link both versions, record dates and check whether methods or conclusions changed. Publication sta...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...