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Clarification for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the point beginning “Link both versions, record dates and check whether…” belongs to th...

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...

Describe the species, model and outcome actually studied. Differences in biology and study conditions limit translation; the finding is not a clinical...

Method note for “A correction log for an archive article”: use “Identify the original error and the corrected text, date…” as a row heading in a propo...

Case 163 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · indexing exercise Limit of the answer in “Reading an abstract without skipping the metho...

Case 48 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Two laboratories, two per...

Case 46 — Correlation in a small observational dataset · source wording exercise Reader check for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: dist...

Describe the species, model and outcome actually studied. Differences in biology and study conditions limit translation; the finding is not a clinical...

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

Case 27 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · source wording exercise Reader check for “Two laboratories, two perc...

Case 22 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Two variables move together in a small sample. What would a careful discussion acknowledge? Exe...