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Use separate entries for the internal transcription correction and the publisher notice. They have different sources and may affect different claims.
Case 37 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise A cited preprint has a later published version. How should an archive en...
Method note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: use “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed…” as a row headi...
State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...
Case 53 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · comparison exercise Clarification for “Reference management: distinguish p...
Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection context in a private clinical record. A forum comparison cannot diagnose a condition; a quali...
Case 45 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? · source wording exercise Method note for “Reading a preclinical paper: what ...
Case 26 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise Correction note for “Reference management: disting...
Case 46 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample · source wording exercise Reader check for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: ...
Case 10 — A correction log that survives the next archive update Keep a visible correction near the affected material and a linked changelog entry. Re...
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...
Use separate entries for the internal transcription correction and the publisher notice. They have different sources and may affect different claims.
Case 7 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Clarification for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: the point begi...
Method note for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: use “State whether it was prespecified and how…” as a row heading in a propos...
Case 34 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · source wording exercise Reader check for “Two laboratories, two perc...