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Ask whether the sample identifier, issuing laboratory, report date and relevant analytical method can be verified. A copied certificate may be genuine...
An apparent difference can motivate a method question without proving that either laboratory is wrong. The appropriate next step is clarification from...
Case 11 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Clarification for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: the point beg...
Case 42 — A correction log for an archive article · source wording exercise Reader check for “A correction log for an archive article”: distinguish th...
Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...
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 2 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Correction note for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with ...
Case 28 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? · source wording exercise Method note for “Assay-specific reference ranges:...
Case 18 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation Summary draft for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: the answer addresses “Descr...
Method note for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: use “Differences in biology and study conditions limit translation; the…” as a row he...
Case 29 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise Method note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods...
Case 3 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and de...
Case 45 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Method note for “Research figure captions: tell the re...
Limit of the answer in “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: “Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale…” is an...