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Method note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: use “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed…” as a row headi...
Link both versions, record dates and check whether methods or conclusions changed. Publication status is useful context but is not itself a guarantee ...
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...
Case 6 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured A chart caption names a mechanism but omits the observed endpoint. How can the ca...
Case 9 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Limit of the answer in “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: “Identify populat...
Method note for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: use “Describe the species, model and…” as a row heading in a proposed working record....
Case 7 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion Method note for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: use “Explain the study’s scope and...
Case 47 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? · source wording exercise Correction note for “Reading a preclinical paper: w...
Case 2 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample Clarification for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: the point beginning “Discu...
Ask whether the sample identifier, issuing laboratory, report date and relevant analytical method can be verified. A copied certificate may be genuine...
Case 10 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation Method note for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: use “Describe the species, mo...
Case 2 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion Limit of the answer in “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: “Li...
Case 38 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · source wording exercise Method note for “A literature note that separates hyp...