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Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Interpretive discussion belongs alongside the evidence, not in place of it...

Case 3 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Method note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: use “Link the pu...

Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...

Clarification for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: the point beginning “Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable rec...

Case 11 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation A paper proposes a mechanism but the summary describes it as an established cli...

Case 26 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Research figure captions: tell the ...

Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and retain the original values. Do not compare apparent visual dista...

Case 43 — Correlation in a small observational dataset · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Correlation in a small observational dataset”...

Clarification for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the point beginning “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals change...