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Case 18 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation Clarification for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: the point...
Case 3 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original report...
An apparent difference can motivate a method question without proving that either laboratory is wrong. The appropriate next step is clarification from...
List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions with enough detail to understand the method. Keep this as research documentation and d...
Case 56 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together · comparison exercise A table has been copied into a new format without its...
Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the interpretation. The reader should be able to see what was observed witho...
Case 30 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “An evidence table with room for negative...
Clarification for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: the point beginning “Explain the study’s scope and limitations without…” belongs to t...
Method note for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: use “State whether it was prespecified and how…” as a row heading in a propos...
Method note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: use “Link both versions, record dates and check whether…” as a row heading in a proposed ...
Case 52 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · comparison exercise Two figures use different units and one axis is logarithmic. How sh...
Case 4 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Limit of the answer in “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: “Report...
Method note for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: use “Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion…” as...
Clarification for “A correction log for an archive article”: the point beginning “Identify the original error and the corrected text, date…” belongs t...
Case 5 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not iden...