Methods reading room: what analytical reports actually establish · RESEARCH-13517

Case 48 — A correction log that survives the next archive update · source wording exercise

A archive table has a transcription error in a unit label. A later publisher notice also changes a figure. How can the correction history distinguish those two events?

Review focus: source wording. Retain the source wording beside any paraphrase. Use the original answer fragment “They have different sources and may…” as the discussion anchor; no new event or result is supplied.

Exercise RESEARCH-13517/48: address this question within its stated limits.

Case 48 — A correction log that survives the next archive update · source wording exercise

Clarification for “A correction log that survives the next archive update”: the point beginning “They have different sources and may…” belongs to the question as written. It should not be read as a report that a new check, purchase or experiment has been completed. Review focus: source wording. Retain the source wording beside any paraphrase.

Case 48 — A correction log that survives the next archive update · source wording exercise

Method note for “A correction log that survives the next archive update”: use “They have different sources and may…” as a row heading in a proposed working record. Put the statement, its supporting source or measurement, and any unresolved detail in separate fields. This proposes a format; it supplies no additional evidence. Retain the source wording beside any paraphrase.