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Case 22 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? The corrected summary can be useful without a clinical promise: model, method...
Clarification for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: the point beginning “List materials, measurement conditions, controls and...
Case 3 — An evidence table with room for negative findings How can a reading table avoid highlighting only positive outcomes? Exercise RESEARCH-26823/...
Case 35 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Correction note for “Research figure captions: tell th...
Case 20 — A correction log for an archive article Limit of the answer in “A correction log for an archive article”: “Identify the original error and t...
Case 40 — A correction log that survives the next archive update · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “A correction log that survives the ...
Separate document provenance, identity, purity and the conditions measured. A percentage without its method and sample linkage cannot establish all of...
Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the point beginning “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…” belongs ...
Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and retain the original values. Do not compare apparent visual dista...
Case 12 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication A cited preprint has a later published version. How should an archive entry handle the relationshi...
Keep the original reported values beside any reformatted presentation. A conversion or interpretation needs a documented basis; it should not silently...
Before comparing laboratories, ask whether sample handling, method conditions and reporting definitions are available. Missing details should be visib...
Case 22 — An evidence table with room for negative findings Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitation...
Case 4 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together A table has been copied into a new format without its source or transformati...
Correction note for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: retain the wording beginning “Describe the species, model and…” in the record. If...