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Case 3 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Summary draft for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: the answer address...
State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...
Case 181 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · reader check exercise Correction note for “Research figure captions: tell the...
Case 53 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion · comparison exercise Correction note for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-met...
Clarification for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: the point beginning “Locate the primary study and confirm that it...
Clarification for “A correction log for an archive article”: the point beginning “Keep the correction visible to readers who may have…” belongs to the...
Case 17 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation The same abbreviation has different meanings in neighbouring fields. How can an archi...
Method note for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: use “Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather…” as a row he...
Case 3 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation Method note for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: use “Describe the species, mod...
Case 32 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Retractions and expressions of concer...
Case 42 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise A cited preprint has a later published version. How should an archive en...
Clarification for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: the point beginning “Describe the measurement, population or model,…”...
Case 5 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Method note for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: use “Record the orig...
Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...
Clarification for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: the point beginning “Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable rec...