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State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...
Case 33 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion · source wording exercise Reader check for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: distin...
Method note for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: use “Describe the measurement, population or model,…” as a row heading ...
Case 6 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources A review cites another review for a claim about an experiment. How can the ev...
Case 37 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · source wording exercise Summary draft for “A literature note that separates h...
Clarification for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: the point beginning “Describe the measurement, population or model,…”...
Clarification for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: the point beginning “Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null…” b...
Case 28 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive · source wording exercise Clarification for “Retractions and expressions of concern in ...
Case 2 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion Summary draft for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: the answer addresses “Explain th...
Case 22 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not ide...
Case 3 — An evidence table with room for negative findings Method note for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: use “Include all presp...
Clarification for “Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing?”: the point beginning “Create separate columns for the quanti...
Limit of the answer in “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: “Report sample size, potential confounders…” is an excerpt from the discussion,...
Case 4 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? An apparent difference can motivate a method question without proving t...