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Case 18 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Summary draft for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: the answer ...

Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and retain the original values. Do not compare apparent visual dista...

Case 5 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample A collection of forum reports is being treated as a representative sample. What limitations be...

Correction note for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: retain the wording beginning “Record when only a secondary acco...

Case 32 — A correction log for an archive article · source wording exercise Summary draft for “A correction log for an archive article”: the answer ad...

Identify the original error and the corrected text, date the correction and link the source. Keep the correction visible to readers who may have saved...

Limit of the answer in “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: “Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records…” is an ex...

Case 43 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · source wording exercise Reader check for “An evidence table with room for negative findi...

Case 22 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Method note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: use “Identify populatio...

Case 7 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Correction note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: retain the w...