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Explain the study’s scope and limitations without recommending a treatment change. Individual decisions belong with a qualified clinician who can asse...

Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support it. A plausible explanation is not automatically a demonstrated pathway.

Case 23 — A correction log for an archive article Method note for “A correction log for an archive article”: use “Identify the original error and the ...

Case 26 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise Method note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: use “Public...

Case 13 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample A collection of forum reports is being treated as a representative sample. What limitations b...

Case 27 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive · source wording exercise Reader check for “Retractions and expressions of concern in a...

Limit of the answer in “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: “Locate the primary study and confirm that it…” is an excerp...

Case 6 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? The summary should say that different quantities were initially mixed a...

Clarification for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: the point beginning “Expand it on first use and name the…” belongs to the ...