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Case 37 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Reader check for “Research figure captions: tell the r...
Case 43 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive · source wording exercise Method note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an...
Case 51 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · comparison exercise Reader check for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison erro...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Case 234 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · source wording exercise Method note for “Two laboratories, two perc...
Case 20 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? Keep the original reported values beside any reformatted presentation....
Limit of the answer in “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: “A forum comparison cannot diagnose a condition; a qualifie...
Case 6 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation Method note for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: use “Expand ...
Limit of the answer in “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: “List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions wit...
Clarification for “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation”: the point beginning “Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid ...
Case 36 — A correction log that survives the next archive update · source wording exercise Summary draft for “A correction log that survives the next ...
Case 38 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible · source wording exercise Method note for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the lab...
Case 8 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Locate the primary study and confirm that it measured the claimed outcome. Re...
Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a record of conversions or exclusions. Make synthetic examples explicit and never combine them silently w...