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Case 1 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation Expand it on first use and name the discipline and source context. Add a cross-referen...

Case 10 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? Check the primary paper, supplementary material and any publisher correction....

Case 34 — Correlation in a small observational dataset · source wording exercise Correction note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: r...

Case 26 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation · source wording exercise An animal experiment is cited as though it establishes a human outco...

Case 50 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · comparison exercise A result is described only as statistically significant. What in...

Case 18 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion Method note for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: use “List...

Case 14 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Clarification for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: the point beginni...

Clarification for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: the point beginning “Locate the primary study and confirm that it...

Case 33 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · source wording exercise A paper proposes a mechanism but the summary describe...

Correction note for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: retain the wording beginning “Locate the primary study and conf...

Method note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: use “Report sample size, potential confounders…” as a row heading in a proposed workin...