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Case 2 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample A collection of forum reports is being treated as a representative sample. What limitations be...
Case 25 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · source wording exercise How can a reading table avoid highlighting only positive outcome...
Method note for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: use “Expand it on first use and name the…” as a row heading in a proposed wo...
State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...
Case 7 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Identify population, design, comparator, outcome definitions and follow-up. Assess whether t...
Clarification for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: the point beginning “Report sample size, potential confounders…” belongs to the ques...
Case 9 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Correction note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: retain the wording beginning “Link...
Case 22 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Summary draft for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the answer addresses “Ask whether a...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Summary draft for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: the answer addresses “Keep this as research documentation and do not turn...
Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Interpretive discussion belongs alongside the evidence, not in place of it...
Summary draft for “Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing?”: the answer addresses “Create separate columns for the quant...
Case 5 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Clarification for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: the point beginnin...