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Case 2 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive Link the publisher notice beside the citation, record its date and reassess claims that ...

Case 26 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion · source wording exercise A reader asks whether an experimental finding should change their trea...

Case 17 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Method note for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a r...

Case 41 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Reading a preclinical paper...

Case 9 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? The summary should say that different quantities were initially mixed a...

Case 5 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion Correction note for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: retain the wording beginning “...

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...

Correction note for “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation”: retain the wording beginning “Keep speculation explicitly labelled...

Case 24 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Method note for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: u...

A human-benefit claim needs appropriate human evidence. This preclinical note should describe its model and translation limits rather than suggesting ...

Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...

Clarification for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the point beginning “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals change...