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Case 20 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation Limit of the answer in “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: “Exp...

Case 7 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion A reader asks whether an experimental finding should change their treatment. What is an appropria...

Ask whether the sample identifier, issuing laboratory, report date and relevant analytical method can be verified. A copied certificate may be genuine...

Case 4 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? A human-benefit claim needs appropriate human evidence. This preclinical note ...

Case 15 — An evidence table with room for negative findings Limit of the answer in “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: “Include all p...

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 23 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Inte...

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

Case 14 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Limit of the answer in “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and ou...