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Case 1 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Correction note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: retain the wording beginning “Ask ...

Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and retain the original values. Do not compare apparent visual dista...

Describe the species, model and outcome actually studied. Differences in biology and study conditions limit translation; the finding is not a clinical...

Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original reports. Do not infer a physiological trend before assess...

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...

State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...

Case 13 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? Keep the original reported values beside any reformatted presentation....

Limit of the answer in “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: “Expand it on first use and name the…” is an excerpt from the discuss...