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Case 22 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Correction note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: retain th...

Limit of the answer in “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: “Explain the study’s scope and limitations without…” is an excerpt from the disc...

Case 38 — Correlation in a small observational dataset · source wording exercise Clarification for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: the...

Case 10 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods A strong abstract conclusion is being discussed without the study methods. What should the ...

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...

Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a record of conversions or exclusions. Make synthetic examples explicit and never combine them silently w...

Limit of the answer in “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: “Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a…” is an exc...

Clarification for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: the point beginning “Describe the species, model and…” belongs to the question as w...

Case 17 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? Even an authentic analytical report has scope limits. It is not by itsel...

Case 13 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly A result is described only as statistically significant. What information is missing? ...

Clarification for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the point beginning “Link both versions, record dates and check whether…” belongs to th...