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Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Case 36 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · source wording exercise Clarification for “Two laboratories, two per...
Case 8 — An evidence table with room for negative findings Clarification for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: the point beginning ...
Case 40 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise A strong abstract conclusion is being discussed without the study...
Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the interpretation. The reader should be able to see what was observed witho...
Method note for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: use “Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather…” as a row he...
Case 30 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Research figure captions: tell...
Case 5 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and de...
Case 24 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Method note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: use “Identify populatio...
Case 5 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Correction note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: retain the w...
Clarification for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: the point beginning “Report sample size, potential confounders…” belongs to the ques...
Method note for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: use “List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions with e...
Case 7 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? A value has been quoted without units, assay method or reference interval. W...
Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Interpretive discussion belongs alongside the evidence, not in place of it...