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Case 12 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation Describe the species, model and outcome actually studied. Differences in biology and study con...

Method note for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: use “Do not compare apparent visual distances…” as a row heading in a proposed w...

Case 6 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? A chromatographic peak-area figure and net material content answer differ...

Case 21 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Summary draft for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”:...

Summary draft for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: the answer addresses “List materials, measurement conditions, controls an...

Method note for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: use “Describe the measurement, population or model,…” as a row heading ...

Ask whether the sample identifier, issuing laboratory, report date and relevant analytical method can be verified. A copied certificate may be genuine...

Case 13 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Limit of the answer in “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: “Identify popula...