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Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting over time. Such material can suggest questions but cannot e...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Correction note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: retain the wording beginning “Association does not identify direction or causation...
Was the analysis prespecified or exploratory, and how was uncertainty reported? Record what the paper states and mark unreported fields instead of ass...
Case 41 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise Correction note for “Reference management: disting...
Clarification for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: the point beginning “State whether it was prespecified and how…” belongs to...
Case 3 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample Clarification for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: the point beginning “Discu...
Method note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: use “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…” as a row heading in a prop...
Case 23 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? Use a comparison-status column: directly comparable, comparable with s...
Case 20 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Clarification for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary s...
Method note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: use “Link the publisher notice beside the citation, record its date and…” as a...
Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...
Case 44 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise A review cites another review for a claim about an...
Case 32 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · source wording exercise Clarification for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the point...