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Case 6 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Method note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: use “Identify population...

Correction note for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: retain the wording beginning “Record the original units and axis transformat...

Link the publisher notice beside the citation, record its date and reassess claims that relied on the paper. Do not leave the historical citation look...

Case 1 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a record of conversions or excl...

Case 21 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Limit of the answer in “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: “Repor...

Case 9 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible Method note for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: use “State whe...

Use a comparison-status column: directly comparable, comparable with stated qualifications, or not established. Explain the reason for each label.

Case 4 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation A paper proposes a mechanism but the summary describes it as an established clin...

Case 23 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? The summary should say that different quantities were initially mixed ...

Case 13 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Method note for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: u...

Case 20 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion A protocol summary omits conditions and controls. What makes the account reproducibl...