Worried your wording might overstate what your RWE study can actually support? By the end of this short course you will be able to choose causality-aware hedges that align claims to study design and methods—protecting credibility while preserving usefulness. The lesson walks you through a diagnostic definition of hedging, a tiered framework for matching claim strength to evidence, a compact hedging lexicon and sentence templates, plus focused microtasks and rubrics to practice and assess your edits.
Precision in Expression: How to State Association Not Causation in RWE—Clear Phrases and DisclaimersEver shared an observational finding only to be challenged for overstating it? In this concise lesson you’ll learn to distinguish association from causation in RWE and to craft precise, publication‑ready phrasing and disclaimers that reflect study design and threats to inference. You’ll find a clear conceptual roadmap, method‑to‑language mappings, real‑world sentence templates and examples, plus practice exercises to apply hedging and checklist items for manuscripts and abstracts. The tone is practical and scholarly—geared to help you write with the clarity and discipline reviewers and decision‑makers expect.