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Case 50 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? · comparison exercise The draft summary of a fictional reading exercise moves...
Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and retain the original values. Do not compare apparent visual dista...
Case 15 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive A cited article now has an editorial notice. How should the archive respond? Exercise R...
Each entry should retain the date, old text, corrected text, reason and source reference. For a publisher notice, link the notice as well as the origi...
Method note for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: use “Such material can suggest questions but…” as a row heading in a proposed workin...
Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support it. A plausible explanation is not automatically a demonstrated pathway.
Case 101 — A correction log for an archive article · uncertainty exercise Reader check for “A correction log for an archive article”: distinguish the ...
Case 25 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise A chart caption names a mechanism but omits the observ...
Ask whether the changed figure affects the archive’s interpretation. Updating a citation alone may leave an unsupported conclusion in the opening summ...
Case 30 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise Clarification for “Reference management: distingui...
Case 16 — An evidence table with room for negative findings Summary draft for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: the answer addresse...
Keep the original reported values beside any reformatted presentation. A conversion or interpretation needs a documented basis; it should not silently...
Case 20 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation Limit of the answer in “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observ...