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Case 29 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Research figure captions: tell...
Case 17 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Summary draft for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary s...
Case 16 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Correction note for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with...
Was the analysis prespecified or exploratory, and how was uncertainty reported? Record what the paper states and mark unreported fields instead of ass...
Limit of the answer in “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: “Report sample size, potential confounders…” is an excerpt from the discussion,...
Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a record of conversions or exclusions. Make synthetic examples explicit and never combine them silently w...
Case 46 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise A review cites another review for a claim about an...
Correction note for “A correction log for an archive article”: retain the wording beginning “Identify the original error and the corrected text, date…...
Case 18 — A correction log for an archive article Summary draft for “A correction log for an archive article”: the answer addresses “Identify the orig...
Case 7 — An evidence table with room for negative findings How can a reading table avoid highlighting only positive outcomes? Exercise RESEARCH-16355/...
Case 26 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Method note for “Research figure captions: tell the re...
Limit of the answer in “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…” is an excerpt from the ...
Case 30 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? · source wording exercise A value has been quoted without units, assay meth...
Limit of the answer in “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: “Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection c...