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Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...
Case 2 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion Clarification for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: the poin...
Check the primary paper, supplementary material and any publisher correction. A review article can help locate sources, but it is not a substitute for...
Case 40 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “A durable glossary entry for an amb...
Case 16 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Summary draft for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: the answer addres...
Case 55 — A correction log for an archive article · comparison exercise Clarification for “A correction log for an archive article”: the point beginni...
Case 34 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Reading a preclinical paper: wha...
Ask whether the sample identifier, issuing laboratory, report date and relevant analytical method can be verified. A copied certificate may be genuine...
Correction note for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: retain the wording beginning “Describe the species, model and…” in the record. If...
Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the point beginning “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…” belongs ...
Case 6 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Link both versions, record dates and check whether methods or conclusions changed. Publication stat...
Case 32 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · source wording exercise Method note for “Two laboratories, two perce...
Case 37 — A correction log that survives the next archive update · source wording exercise Correction note for “A correction log that survives the nex...
Method note for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: use “Expand it on first use and name the…” as a row heading in a proposed wo...