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Case 1 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Limit of the answer in “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and out...
Case 4 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? Keep the original reported values beside any reformatted presentation. ...
Case 45 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? · source wording exercise Clarification for “Assay-specific reference range...
Method note for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: use “Explain the study’s scope and limitations without…” as a row heading in a proposed...
Limit of the answer in “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: “Do not leave the historical citation looking…” is an excerpt from the ...
Case 34 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise Reader check for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: distinguis...
Case 36 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise Reader check for “Reference management: distinguis...
Correction note for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: retain the wording beginning “Describe the measurement, population ...
Case 25 — Correlation in a small observational dataset · source wording exercise Two variables move together in a small sample. What would a careful d...
Case 53 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? · comparison exercise A reagent dossier contains a summary purity percen...
Case 3 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? A value has been quoted without units, assay method or reference interval. W...
Case 6 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat explo...
Case 37 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise Method note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty ...
Method note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: use “Do not leave the historical citation looking…” as a row heading in a prop...