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Case 28 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? · source wording exercise Correction note for “Assay-specific reference ran...

Case 33 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise Correction note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the met...

Case 4 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible A subgroup finding was not the primary planned analysis. How should it be summarised? E...

Reader check for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: distinguish the discussion point “Make synthetic examples explici...

Limit of the answer in “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: “Individual decisions belong with a qualified clinician who…” is an excerpt from...

Case 9 — An evidence table with room for negative findings Method note for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: use “Include all presp...

Case 41 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise A result is described only as statistically significant. Wha...

Check the primary paper, supplementary material and any publisher correction. A review article can help locate sources, but it is not a substitute for...

Case 26 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Reading a preclinical paper...

Clarification for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the point beginning “Link both versions, record dates and check whether…” belongs to th...

Case 17 — A correction log for an archive article A transcription error changes the units in a figure caption. How should the archive record be repair...

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...