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Case 36 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise Method note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods...
Case 42 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample · source wording exercise Clarification for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”:...
Case 83 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive · documentation exercise Reader check for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an...
Case 6 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? The summary should say that different quantities were initially mixed a...
Case 15 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Link both versions, record dates and check whether methods or conclusions changed. Publication sta...
Case 12 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured A chart caption names a mechanism but omits the observed endpoint. How can the c...
Limit of the answer in “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed…” is an excer...
Case 2 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Method note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: use “Report ef...
Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a record of conversions or exclusions. Make synthetic examples explicit and never combine them silently w...
Method note for “A correction log that survives the next archive update”: use “Use separate entries for the internal transcription correction…” as a r...