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List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions with enough detail to understand the method. Keep this as research documentation and d...

Case 11 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured A chart caption names a mechanism but omits the observed endpoint. How can the c...

Case 22 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? A reagent dossier contains a summary purity percentage but not the metho...

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 5 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? Was the analysis prespecified or exploratory, and how was uncertainty reported...

Case 29 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive · source wording exercise Reader check for “Retractions and expressions of concern in a...

Clarification for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: the point beginning “Describe the species, model and…” belongs to the question as w...

Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...

Case 28 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? · source wording exercise A value has been quoted without units, assay meth...

Case 24 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Summary draft for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the answer addresses “Link both ver...

Case 39 — A correction log for an archive article · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “A correction log for an archive article”: “Keep th...

Case 13 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Clarification for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the point beginning “Ask whether as...