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Ask whether the sample identifier, issuing laboratory, report date and relevant analytical method can be verified. A copied certificate may be genuine...
Case 55 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? · comparison exercise Reader check for “Assay-specific reference ranges: wh...
Separate document provenance, identity, purity and the conditions measured. A percentage without its method and sample linkage cannot establish all of...
Case 18 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Two variables move together in a small sample. What would a careful discussion acknowledge? Exe...
Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and retain the original values. Do not compare apparent visual dista...
Case 38 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · source wording exercise Method note for “An evidence table with room for negative findin...
Case 35 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · source wording exercise A paper proposes a mechanism but the summary describe...
Method note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: use “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed…” as a row headi...
Case 14 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation Expand it on first use and name the discipline and source context. Add a cross-refere...
Limit of the answer in “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: “Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection c...
Method note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: use “Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale…” as a row...
Case 35 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? · source wording exercise Method note for “Reading a preclinical paper: what ...
Identify population, design, comparator, outcome definitions and follow-up. Assess whether the conclusion extends beyond the measurements and note wha...