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Case 9 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? A reagent dossier contains a summary purity percentage but not the method...

Was the analysis prespecified or exploratory, and how was uncertainty reported? Record what the paper states and mark unreported fields instead of ass...

Case 6 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Limit of the answer in “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel wi...

Case 17 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Limit of the answer in “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: “Link th...

Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support it. A plausible explanation is not automatically a demonstrated pathway.

Case 25 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion · source wording exercise Clarification for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: the p...

Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...

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