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Clarification for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: the point beginning “Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcom...
Case 22 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation Describe the species, model and outcome actually studied. Differences in biology and study con...
Limit of the answer in “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: “Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null…” is an excerpt fr...
Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support it. A plausible explanation is not automatically a demonstrated pathway.
Case 4 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the prop...
Clarification for “Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support?”: the point beginning “Separate document provenance, identity, ...
Case 6 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Correction note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: retain the wording beginning...
Case 19 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Summary draft for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary s...
Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection context in a private clinical record. A forum comparison cannot diagnose a condition; a quali...
Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the point beginning “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…” belongs ...
Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and retain the original values. Do not compare apparent visual dista...
Identify the original error and the corrected text, date the correction and link the source. Keep the correction visible to readers who may have saved...
Limit of the answer in “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: “Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a…” is an exc...
Case 2 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Clarification for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a ...
Case 9 — A correction log for an archive article A transcription error changes the units in a figure caption. How should the archive record be repaire...