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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...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Case 26 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion · source wording exercise A reader asks whether an experimental finding should change their trea...
Case 30 — A correction log that survives the next archive update · source wording exercise Reader check for “A correction log that survives the next a...
Case 72 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · comparison exercise Two figures use different units and one axis is logarithmic. How sh...
Use separate entries for the internal transcription correction and the publisher notice. They have different sources and may affect different claims.
Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...
Case 3 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Clarification for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output t...
Correction note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: retain the wording beginning “Assess whether the conclusion extends beyond the...
Reader check for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: distinguish the discussion point “Keep the source citation, retri...
Case 30 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · source wording exercise Clarification for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison...
Case 33 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion · source wording exercise Method note for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: use “In...
Method note for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: use “State whether it was prespecified and how…” as a row heading in a propos...