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State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...

Case 31 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: “Do ...

A chromatographic peak-area figure and net material content answer different questions. Record the report’s own definition and units before comparing ...

Case 53 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · comparison exercise A strong abstract conclusion is being discussed without the study met...

Case 5 — A correction log for an archive article Limit of the answer in “A correction log for an archive article”: “Identify the original error and th...

Case 6 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and reta...

Method note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: use “Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale…” as a row...

Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a record of conversions or exclusions. Make synthetic examples explicit and never combine them silently w...

Case 19 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Summary draft for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary s...

Case 20 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Two variables move together in a small sample. What would a careful discussion acknowledge? Exe...