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

Case 7 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources A review cites another review for a claim about an experiment. How can the ev...

Case 38 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise Correction note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the met...

Explain the study’s scope and limitations without recommending a treatment change. Individual decisions belong with a qualified clinician who can asse...

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 24 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? A reagent dossier contains a summary purity percentage but not the metho...

Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...

Case 14 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Limit of the answer in “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: “Link both versions, record da...

Case 25 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? · source wording exercise A value has been quoted without units, assay meth...

Method note for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: use “Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a…” as a row hea...

Case 41 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · source wording exercise How can a reading table avoid highlighting only positive outcome...

Use separate entries for the internal transcription correction and the publisher notice. They have different sources and may affect different claims.