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

An apparent difference can motivate a method question without proving that either laboratory is wrong. The appropriate next step is clarification from...

Case 5 — A correction log that survives the next archive update Keep a visible correction near the affected material and a linked changelog entry. Rea...

Case 16 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Limit of the answer in “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: “Ask whether assay, instrument...

Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...

Case 24 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a record of conversions or exc...

Clarification for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: the point beginning “Such material can suggest questions but…” belongs to the ques...

Reader check for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: distinguish the discussion point “Keep the source citation, retri...

Case 15 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion Limit of the answer in “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: “Explain the study’s scope...