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Case 15 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support i...
Summary draft for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: the answer addresses “Keep the source citation, retrieval date a...
Case 4 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting ove...
Method note for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: use “Keep this as research documentation and do not turn…” as a row heading...
Case 9 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? An apparent difference can motivate a method question without proving t...
Clarification for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: the point beginning “Record the original units and axis transformation, show a...
Case 3 — A correction log for an archive article Limit of the answer in “A correction log for an archive article”: “Identify the original error and th...
State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the proposed mechanism. Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid transla...
Case 26 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible · source wording exercise Method note for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the lab...
Each entry should retain the date, old text, corrected text, reason and source reference. For a publisher notice, link the notice as well as the origi...
Case 12 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Clarification for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”:...
Case 23 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion A protocol summary omits conditions and controls. What makes the account reproducibl...
Was the analysis prespecified or exploratory, and how was uncertainty reported? Record what the paper states and mark unreported fields instead of ass...