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Case 46 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Assay-specific reference range...

Case 36 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation · source wording exercise Method note for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: use...

Use separate entries for the internal transcription correction and the publisher notice. They have different sources and may affect different claims.

Case 46 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? · source wording exercise Reader check for “Assay-specific reference ranges...

Case 28 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Clarification for “Research figure captions: tell the ...

Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...

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

Check the primary paper, supplementary material and any publisher correction. A review article can help locate sources, but it is not a substitute for...

Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting over time. Such material can suggest questions but cannot e...

Method note for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: use “Locate the primary study and confirm that it…” as a row headin...

Case 21 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Correction note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: retain the wording beginnin...