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State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...

Case 9 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together A table has been copied into a new format without its source or transformati...

Ask whether the changed figure affects the archive’s interpretation. Updating a citation alone may leave an unsupported conclusion in the opening summ...

Limit of the answer in “A correction log that survives the next archive update”: “Use separate entries for the internal transcription correction…” is ...

Limit of the answer in “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: “Link both versions, record dates and check whether…” is an excerpt from the discu...

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...

Case 5 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation Correction note for “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observatio...

Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the interpretation. The reader should be able to see what was observed witho...

Case 2 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation An animal experiment is cited as though it establishes a human outcome. What qualification is r...

Case 20 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation Summary draft for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: the answer addresses “Descr...