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Before comparing laboratories, ask whether sample handling, method conditions and reporting definitions are available. Missing details should be visib...

Was the analysis prespecified or exploratory, and how was uncertainty reported? Record what the paper states and mark unreported fields instead of ass...

Summary draft for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the answer addresses “Do not infer a physiological trend before assessing…”; the relate...

Case 52 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · comparison exercise Summary draft for “Two laboratories, two percent...

Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Interpretive discussion belongs alongside the evidence, not in place of it...

Case 14 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? Check the primary paper, supplementary material and any publisher correction....

Case 35 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation · source wording exercise An animal experiment is cited as though it establishes a human outco...

Case 31 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Two laboratories, two per...

Case 10 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible Summary draft for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: the answer ...

Clarification for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: the point beginning “Keep the source citation, retrieval date an...

Case 43 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? · source wording exercise Correction note for “Assay-specific reference ran...