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Case 1 — A correction log that survives the next archive update If the source is not accessible, label the revision pending verification. An unavailab...
Case 129 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · correction exercise How can a reading table avoid highlighting only positive outcomes? ...
State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...
Limit of the answer in “Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract?”: “The reader should be able to see what was…” is an excerpt fr...
Case 12 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Clarification for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: the point beg...
Correction note for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: retain the wording beginning “Record the original units and axis transformat...
Case 44 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise A chart caption names a mechanism but omits the observ...
Case 24 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Limit of the answer in “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: “Record the ...
Case 23 — A correction log for an archive article Correction note for “A correction log for an archive article”: retain the wording beginning “Identif...
Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Interpretive discussion belongs alongside the evidence, not in place of it...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Case 36 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? · source wording exercise Clarification for “Certificate of analysis: wh...
Case 12 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Method note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: use “Report sample size, potent...