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Method note for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: use “Describe the species, model and…” as a row heading in a proposed working record....
State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...
Case 37 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the l...
Correction note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: retain the wording beginning “Association does not identify direction or causation...
Case 14 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Clarification for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the point beginning “Ask whether as...
Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Interpretive discussion belongs alongside the evidence, not in place of it...
Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting over time. Such material can suggest questions but cannot e...
Case 32 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “An evidence table with room for negative...
Limit of the answer in “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…” is an excerpt from the ...
Clarification for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: the point beginning “Locate the primary study and confirm that it...
Separate document provenance, identity, purity and the conditions measured. A percentage without its method and sample linkage cannot establish all of...
Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection context in a private clinical record. A forum comparison cannot diagnose a condition; a quali...
Case 29 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · source wording exercise Method note for “Two laboratories, two perce...
Case 48 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise Correction note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the met...