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Case 28 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation · source wording exercise Method note for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: use...
Correction note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: retain the wording beginning “Statistical significance alone does not est...
Method note for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: use “Locate the primary study and confirm that it…” as a row headin...
Method note for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: use “Expand it on first use and name the…” as a row heading in a proposed wo...
Case 12 — 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 21 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion Limit of the answer in “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: “L...
Method note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: use “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed…” as a row headi...
Clarification for “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation”: the point beginning “State the study design and what was actually me...
Case 31 — A correction log for an archive article · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “A correction log for an archive article”: “Keep th...
Correction note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: retain the wording beginning “Report sample size, potential confounders…” in the r...
Clarification for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the point beginning “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals change...
Ask whether the sample identifier, issuing laboratory, report date and relevant analytical method can be verified. A copied certificate may be genuine...
List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions with enough detail to understand the method. Keep this as research documentation and d...
Case 1 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Summary draft for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: ...
Case 13 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Two figures use different units and one axis is logarithmic. How should a comparison be d...