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Case 48 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · source wording exercise Correction note for “A literature note that separates...

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

Case 10 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? Even an authentic analytical report has scope limits. It is not by itsel...

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

Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting over time. Such material can suggest questions but cannot e...

Method note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: use “Do not leave the historical citation looking…” as a row heading in a prop...

Case 7 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Clarification for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the point beginning “Link both versi...

Method note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: use “Statistical significance alone does not establish…” as a row heading in ...

Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...

Case 32 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion · source wording exercise A reader asks whether an experimental finding should change their trea...

Case 49 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? · comparison exercise Correction note for “Reading a preclinical paper: what ...

Clarification for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: the point beginning “Describe the measurement, population or model,…”...