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Correction note for “A correction log for an archive article”: retain the wording beginning “Identify the original error and the corrected text, date…...

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

State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...

Case 29 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive · source wording exercise Reader check for “Retractions and expressions of concern in a...

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

Summary draft for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: the answer addresses “Record the original units and axis transformation, show ...

Case 8 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original report...

Case 6 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion A reader asks whether an experimental finding should change their treatment. What is an appropria...

Keep the original reported values beside any reformatted presentation. A conversion or interpretation needs a documented basis; it should not silently...

Correction note for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: retain the wording beginning “Include all prespecified outcomes where reporte...

Case 27 — A correction log for an archive article · source wording exercise A transcription error changes the units in a figure caption. How should th...

Case 32 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Data provenance: keep source, ...