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Clarification for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: the point beginning “Make synthetic examples explicit and never ...
Case 48 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? · source wording exercise Reader check for “Certificate of analysis: whi...
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 13 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a record of conversions or exc...
Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...
Case 52 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · comparison exercise A result is described only as statistically significant. What in...
Expand it on first use and name the discipline and source context. Add a cross-reference for alternate meanings rather than assuming that every histor...
Case 28 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep ...
Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...
Method note for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: use “Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a…” as a row hea...
Case 8 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? The corrected summary can be useful without a clinical promise: model, methods...
Case 17 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Correction note for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured...
Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...