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Check the primary paper, supplementary material and any publisher correction. A review article can help locate sources, but it is not a substitute for...
Clarification for “Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing?”: the point beginning “Create separate columns for the quanti...
Case 3 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation Method note for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: use “Expand ...
Case 3 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Limit of the answer in “Reference management: distinguish primary and seconda...
Case 38 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise Method note for “Reference management: distinguish...
Case 31 — A correction log that survives the next archive update · source wording exercise Correction note for “A correction log that survives the nex...
Correction note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: retain the wording beginning “Association does not identify direction or causation...
State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...
Case 47 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise Method note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods...
Explain the study’s scope and limitations without recommending a treatment change. Individual decisions belong with a qualified clinician who can asse...
Case 39 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Research figure captions: tell...
Case 20 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Correction note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: retain the wording ...
Case 41 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion · source wording exercise A protocol summary omits conditions and controls. What mak...
Case 4 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Correction note for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output...
Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Interpretive discussion belongs alongside the evidence, not in place of it...