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State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...
Case 13 — An evidence table with room for negative findings Correction note for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: retain the wordin...
Method note for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: use “Expand it on first use and name the…” as a row heading in a proposed wo...
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 99 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion · uncertainty exercise Correction note for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-me...
Case 22 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Correction note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: retain the wording beginning “Ask...
Separate document provenance, identity, purity and the conditions measured. A percentage without its method and sample linkage cannot establish all of...
Limit of the answer in “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: “Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a…” is an exc...
Case 27 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise Reader check for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty...
Case 14 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Limit of the answer in “Reference management: distinguish primary and second...
Method note for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: use “Describe the measurement, population or model,…” as a row heading ...
Method note for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: use “Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection cont...
Case 18 — A correction log that survives the next archive update Each entry should retain the date, old text, corrected text, reason and source refere...
Method note for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: use “Separate the authors’ interpretation from the…” as a row heading in a propos...