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Method note for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: use “Locate the primary study and confirm that it…” as a row headin...
Case 41 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible · source wording exercise Clarification for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the l...
Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...
Case 11 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Summary draft for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the answer addresses “Ask whether a...
Case 23 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? Keep the original reported values beside any reformatted presentation....
Case 95 — A correction log that survives the next archive update · documentation exercise A archive table has a transcription error in a unit label. A...
Keep the original reported values beside any reformatted presentation. A conversion or interpretation needs a documented basis; it should not silently...
Case 283 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? · documentation exercise Summary draft for “Reading a preclinical paper: wha...
State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...
Case 27 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion · source wording exercise A reader asks whether an experimental finding should change their trea...
Case 9 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions with enough detail to...
Case 10 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Method note for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: u...
Case 48 — A correction log for an archive article · source wording exercise Clarification for “A correction log for an archive article”: the point beg...
Case 8 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original report...
Case 22 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation Limit of the answer in “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: “Describe the species,...