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Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the interpretation. The reader should be able to see what was observed witho...
State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...
Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Case 45 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive · source wording exercise A cited article now has an editorial notice. How should the a...
Use separate entries for the internal transcription correction and the publisher notice. They have different sources and may affect different claims.
Case 6 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Correction note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: retain the w...
Reader check for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: distinguish the discussion point “Report effect size, confidence interval an...
Case 27 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · source wording exercise A paper proposes a mechanism but the summary describe...
Case 23 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Correction note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: retain the wording beginning “Ask...
Case 2 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Summary draft for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: the answer a...
Case 47 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: “Do ...
Case 35 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Correction note for “Research figure captions: tell th...