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Case 25 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise Method note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: use “Public...
Case 21 — A correction log for an archive article A transcription error changes the units in a figure caption. How should the archive record be repair...
Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting over time. Such material can suggest questions but cannot e...
Clarification for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: the point beginning “Locate the primary study and confirm that it...
Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the interpretation. The reader should be able to see what was observed witho...
Method note for “Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract?”: use “Put the species or model, design, comparator and…” as a row hea...
Case 28 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Two laboratories, two per...
Case 3 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample Correction note for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: retain the wording begin...
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...
Clarification for “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation”: the point beginning “State the study design and what was actually me...
State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...
Method note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: use “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed…” as a row headi...
Case 9 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Summary draft for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a ...