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Keep a visible correction near the affected material and a linked changelog entry. Readers who saved the earlier version should be able to understand ...

Case 10 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Method note for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a r...

Case 23 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together A table has been copied into a new format without its source or transformat...

Case 34 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise A result is described only as statistically significant. Wha...

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

Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original reports. Do not infer a physiological trend before assess...

Clarification for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: the point beginning “State whether it was prespecified and how…” belongs to...

Case 33 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · source wording exercise How can a reading table avoid highlighting only positive outcome...