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Identify the original error and the corrected text, date the correction and link the source. Keep the correction visible to readers who may have saved...
Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...
Case 40 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison...
Reader check for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: distinguish the discussion point “Report sample size, potential confounders…” from it...
Method note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: use “Link both versions, record dates and check whether…” as a row heading in a proposed ...
Case 4 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Method note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: use “Link the pu...
Case 8 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Two figures use different units and one axis is logarithmic. How should a comparison be do...
Case 5 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Summary draft for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: ...
Clarification for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: the point beginning “Locate the primary study and confirm that it...
Case 46 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · source wording exercise A comparison table places chromatographic pu...
Correction note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: retain the wording beginning “Report effect size, confidence interval and...
Correction note for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: retain the wording beginning “Describe the species, model and…” in the record. If...
Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a record of conversions or exclusions. Make synthetic examples explicit and never combine them silently w...
Case 8 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Summary draft for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: the answer a...