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Case 43 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? · source wording exercise Clarification for “Certificate of analysis: wh...

Clarification for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: the point beginning “State whether it was prespecified and how…” belongs to...

Case 42 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? · source wording exercise Correction note for “Reading a preclinical paper: w...

Case 40 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · source wording exercise Correction note for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparis...

Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the interpretation. The reader should be able to see what was observed witho...

Limit of the answer in “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: “Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a…” is an exc...

List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions with enough detail to understand the method. Keep this as research documentation and d...

Expand it on first use and name the discipline and source context. Add a cross-reference for alternate meanings rather than assuming that every histor...

Case 9 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Correction note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: retain the w...

Case 26 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise Method note for “Reference management: distinguish...

Case 4 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation Correction note for “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observatio...