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Case 29 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Reader check for “Research figure captions: tell the r...
Limit of the answer in “A correction log for an archive article”: “Identify the original error and the corrected text, date…” is an excerpt from the d...
Case 11 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation Correction note for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: retain the wording beginn...
Case 16 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources A review cites another review for a claim about an experiment. How can the e...
Case 49 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? · comparison exercise Limit of the answer in “Assay-specific reference rang...
Correction note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: retain the wording beginning “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome...
Method note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: use “Report sample size, potential confounders…” as a row heading in a proposed workin...
Case 33 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Confidence intervals: describe uncer...
Case 161 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? · indexing exercise Summary draft for “Certificate of analysis: which c...
Case 33 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise Correction note for “Reference management: disting...
Limit of the answer in “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation”: “State the study design and what was actually measured…” is an ...
Case 45 — A correction log that survives the next archive update · source wording exercise Clarification for “A correction log that survives the next ...
Limit of the answer in “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: “Explain the study’s scope and limitations without…” is an excerpt from the disc...
Case 24 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and ret...
Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...