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Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support it. A plausible explanation is not automatically a demonstrated pathway.
Case 16 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Summary draft for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: the answer ad...
Case 144 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · correction exercise Summary draft for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison er...
Case 16 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Method note for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output to...
Case 28 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion · source wording exercise A protocol summary omits conditions and controls. What mak...
Method note for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: use “Describe the species, model and…” as a row heading in a proposed working record....
Case 7 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources A review cites another review for a claim about an experiment. How can the ev...
State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...
Expand it on first use and name the discipline and source context. Add a cross-reference for alternate meanings rather than assuming that every histor...
Case 4 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible Summary draft for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: the answer a...
Locate the primary study and confirm that it measured the claimed outcome. Record when only a secondary account was accessible and avoid presenting it...
Clarification for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: the point beginning “State whether it was prespecified and how…” belongs to...
Case 12 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Method note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: use “Report sample size, potent...