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Case 7 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? Even an authentic analytical report has scope limits. It is not by itself...

State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...

Case 8 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation The same abbreviation has different meanings in neighbouring fields. How can an archiv...

Case 27 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise Method note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: use “Public...

Explain the study’s scope and limitations without recommending a treatment change. Individual decisions belong with a qualified clinician who can asse...

Correction note for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: retain the wording beginning “Describe the measurement, population ...

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

Case 39 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise Method note for “Reference management: distinguish...

Case 39 — A correction log for an archive article · source wording exercise A transcription error changes the units in a figure caption. How should th...