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Correction note for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: retain the wording beginning “Add a cross-reference for alternate meanin...

Case 35 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · source wording exercise Reader check for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison ...

Case 41 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Reference management: distingui...

Case 83 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive · documentation exercise Method note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an ...

Case 6 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? Before comparing laboratories, ask whether sample handling, method cond...

Case 14 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Limit of the answer in “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: “Identify popula...

Case 11 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible Method note for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: use “State wh...

Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Interpretive discussion belongs alongside the evidence, not in place of it...

Case 1 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion Summary draft for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: the answ...

Keep a visible correction near the affected material and a linked changelog entry. Readers who saved the earlier version should be able to understand ...