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Case 3 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods A strong abstract conclusion is being discussed without the study methods. What should the r...

Case 13 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Locate the primary study and confirm that it measured the claimed outcome. R...

Clarification for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the point beginning “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals change...

Case 1 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? A reagent dossier contains a summary purity percentage but not the method...

Case 32 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Assay-specific reference ...

Case 79 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · documentation exercise Method note for “Research figure captions: tell the rea...

Case 47 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation · source wording exercise Clarification for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: t...

The corrected summary can be useful without a clinical promise: model, methods, endpoint, uncertainty and remaining questions. Link each material stat...

Case 35 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Units and scale: prevent a silent compa...

Case 41 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise A review cites another review for a claim about an...

Case 23 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Link both versions, record dates and check whether methods or conclusions changed. Publication sta...

Case 13 — A correction log that survives the next archive update The final note should distinguish corrected data transcription, changed source eviden...