CorrectionDesk 03670 · Member profile
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 13 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Method note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: use “Link the p...
Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support it. A plausible explanation is not automatically a demonstrated pathway.
Clarification for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: the point beginning “Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcom...
Case 35 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · source wording exercise Correction note for “Two laboratories, two p...
Case 39 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Reference management: dist...
Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original reports. Do not infer a physiological trend before assess...
Case 37 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? · source wording exercise Method note for “Assay-specific reference ranges:...
Case 27 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · source wording exercise Correction note for “Two laboratories, two p...
Case 7 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion Method note for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: use “List ...
Reader check for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: distinguish the discussion point “Make synthetic examples explici...
Case 32 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together · source wording exercise Clarification for “Data provenance: keep source, ...
Case 6 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Correction note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: retain the wording beginning “Ask ...
Case 32 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “An evidence table with room for negative...