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Identify population, design, comparator, outcome definitions and follow-up. Assess whether the conclusion extends beyond the measurements and note wha...

Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting over time. Such material can suggest questions but cannot e...

Case 28 — A correction log for an archive article · source wording exercise Reader check for “A correction log for an archive article”: distinguish th...

Correction note for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: retain the wording beginning “Make synthetic examples explicit...

Ask whether the changed figure affects the archive’s interpretation. Updating a citation alone may leave an unsupported conclusion in the opening summ...

Clarification for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: the point beginning “Report sample size, potential confounders…” belongs to the ques...

Case 39 — Correlation in a small observational dataset · source wording exercise Clarification for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: the...

Case 42 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: “Do ...