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Summary draft for “A correction log that survives the next archive update”: the answer addresses “They have different sources and may…”; the related p...

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

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

Case 68 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? · comparison exercise Method note for “Certificate of analysis: which cl...

Case 1 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation Clarification for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: the point ...

Case 252 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible · comparison exercise Reader check for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label...

Case 39 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Clarification for “Research figure captions: tell the ...

Case 25 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive · source wording exercise Clarification for “Retractions and expressions of concern in ...

Ask whether the changed figure affects the archive’s interpretation. Updating a citation alone may leave an unsupported conclusion in the opening summ...

Case 17 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation A paper proposes a mechanism but the summary describes it as an established cli...

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...

Case 4 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? Keep the original reported values beside any reformatted presentation. ...

Case 26 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise Reader check for “Reading an abstract without skipping the method...