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State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...
Limit of the answer in “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: “Locate the primary study and confirm that it…” is an excerp...
List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions with enough detail to understand the method. Keep this as research documentation and d...
Case 47 — 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 9 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a record of conversions or excl...
Describe the species, model and outcome actually studied. Differences in biology and study conditions limit translation; the finding is not a clinical...
Case 29 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Units and scale: prevent a silent compa...
Case 26 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Clarification for “Research figure captions: tell the ...
Case 5 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Clarification for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary so...
Case 49 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible · comparison exercise Reader check for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label ...
Case 38 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation · source wording exercise The same abbreviation has different meanings in neighbourin...
Clarification for “Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support?”: the point beginning “A percentage without its method and samp...
Case 26 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: “Do ...