CorrectionDesk 05000 · Member profile
Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Interpretive discussion belongs alongside the evidence, not in place of it...
Separate document provenance, identity, purity and the conditions measured. A percentage without its method and sample linkage cannot establish all of...
Case 126 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation · correction exercise An animal experiment is cited as though it establishes a human outcome....
Case 9 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample Clarification for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: the point beginning “Discu...
Case 41 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · source wording exercise Two results were collected years apart with unknown method changes. What...
Case 21 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Limit of the answer in “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel w...
Case 20 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Correction note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: retain the wording beginning “Lin...
Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...
Limit of the answer in “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: “Assess whether the conclusion extends beyond the measurements and note wha...
Case 33 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together · source wording exercise Clarification for “Data provenance: keep source, ...
Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...
Case 9 — A correction log that survives the next archive update Ask whether the changed figure affects the archive’s interpretation. Updating a citati...