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Keep the original reported values beside any reformatted presentation. A conversion or interpretation needs a documented basis; it should not silently...
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 25 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · source wording exercise Clarification for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison...
Case 32 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: “Pub...
Case 16 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible A subgroup finding was not the primary planned analysis. How should it be summarised? ...
Case 35 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise A result is described only as statistically significant. Wha...
Method note for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: use “Explain the study’s scope and limitations without…” as a row heading in a proposed...
Describe the species, model and outcome actually studied. Differences in biology and study conditions limit translation; the finding is not a clinical...
Clarification for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: the point beginning “Explain the study’s scope and limitations without…” belongs to t...
State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...
Case 30 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise Correction note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the met...
Case 37 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · source wording exercise Method note for “An evidence table with room for negative findin...
Case 24 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion Limit of the answer in “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: “L...