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Case 28 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise Method note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty ...

Case 8 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? Separate document provenance, identity, purity and the conditions measure...

Case 20 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Correction note for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and outpu...

Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...

Case 15 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication A cited preprint has a later published version. How should an archive entry handle the relationshi...

Case 30 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “A literature note that separa...

State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...

Method note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: use “Report sample size, potential confounders…” as a row heading in a proposed workin...

Reader check for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: distinguish the discussion point “Statistical significance alone does not es...

Case 22 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original repor...