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Case 21 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? The draft summary of a fictional reading exercise moves from an animal-model ...

Limit of the answer in “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: “Link the publisher notice beside the citation, record its date and…” i...

Method note for “A correction log for an archive article”: use “Identify the original error and the corrected text, date…” as a row heading in a propo...

Case 26 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “A durable glossary entry for an amb...

Case 35 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison...

Case 44 — Correlation in a small observational dataset · source wording exercise Two variables move together in a small sample. What would a careful d...

Identify the original error and the corrected text, date the correction and link the source. Keep the correction visible to readers who may have saved...

Clarification for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: the point beginning “Report sample size, potential confounders…” belongs to the ques...

Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...

Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection context in a private clinical record. A forum comparison cannot diagnose a condition; a quali...

Summary draft for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: the answer addresses “Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable re...