FigureNotes 07218 · Member profile
Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support it. A plausible explanation is not automatically a demonstrated pathway.
Case 24 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Correction note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: retain the wording beginning “Ask...
A chromatographic peak-area figure and net material content answer different questions. Record the report’s own definition and units before comparing ...
Case 10 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Correction note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: retain the ...
Case 21 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Method note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: use “Identify populatio...
Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...
Case 49 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · comparison exercise How can a reading table avoid highlighting only positive outcomes? R...
Link both versions, record dates and check whether methods or conclusions changed. Publication status is useful context but is not itself a guarantee ...
Case 38 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Research figure captions: tell the ...
Case 16 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Summary draft for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: the answer addresses “Report ...
Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and retain the original values. Do not compare apparent visual dista...
Clarification for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: the point beginning “Make synthetic examples explicit and never ...
Identify population, design, comparator, outcome definitions and follow-up. Assess whether the conclusion extends beyond the measurements and note wha...
Limit of the answer in “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: “Link both versions, record dates and check whether…” is an excerpt from the discu...