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Case 12 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources A review cites another review for a claim about an experiment. How can the e...
Case 81 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation · documentation exercise Reader check for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: dis...
Case 16 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Clarification for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary s...
Case 268 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · documentation exercise Limit of the answer in “Confidence intervals: describe uncer...
Clarification for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: the point beginning “Keep the source citation, retrieval date an...
Case 11 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Method note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: use “Report sample size, potent...
Case 40 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the answe...
Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support it. A plausible explanation is not automatically a demonstrated pathway.
Case 32 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Correction note for “Research figure captions: tell th...
Describe the species, model and outcome actually studied. Differences in biology and study conditions limit translation; the finding is not a clinical...
Case 7 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion A reader asks whether an experimental finding should change their treatment. What is an appropria...
Case 20 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Two results were collected years apart with unknown method changes. What should be clarified? Exer...
Case 42 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Certificate of analysi...
Case 32 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise A cited preprint has a later published version. How should an archive en...
Method note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: use “Link the publisher notice beside the citation, record its date and…” as a...