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Limit of the answer in “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed…” is an excer...
Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...
Clarification for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: the point beginning “Keep the source citation, retrieval date an...
Case 13 — A correction log that survives the next archive update Use separate entries for the internal transcription correction and the publisher noti...
Case 16 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample Correction note for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: retain the wording begi...
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 14 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation Limit of the answer in “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observ...
Case 4 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? The corrected summary can be useful without a clinical promise: model, methods...
Case 54 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · comparison exercise Summary draft for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the answer ad...
Case 9 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion Method note for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: use “Explain the study’s scope and...
Describe the species, model and outcome actually studied. Differences in biology and study conditions limit translation; the finding is not a clinical...
Case 17 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Limit of the answer in “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measu...