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Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and retain the original values. Do not compare apparent visual dista...
Limit of the answer in “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: “Do not compare apparent visual distances…” is an excerpt from the discus...
Clarification for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the point beginning “Link both versions, record dates and check whether…” belongs to th...
Case 48 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise Reader check for “Reading an abstract without skipping the method...
Case 48 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sam...
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...
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...
Case 8 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not iden...
Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...
Clarification for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: the point beginning “Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable rec...
Case 18 — A correction log that survives the next archive update A archive table has a transcription error in a unit label. A later publisher notice a...
Case 34 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion · source wording exercise Correction note for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: ret...
Case 13 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources A review cites another review for a claim about an experiment. How can the e...
Case 6 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? The corrected summary can be useful without a clinical promise: model, methods...
Each entry should retain the date, old text, corrected text, reason and source reference. For a publisher notice, link the notice as well as the origi...