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Case 17 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Summary draft for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: the answer addres...

Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the interpretation. The reader should be able to see what was observed witho...

Case 50 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · comparison exercise Reader check for “A literature note that separates hypoth...

Limit of the answer in “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed…” is an excer...

Case 25 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Data provenance: keep sou...

Reader check for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: distinguish the discussion point “Retain units, method, laborator...

Case 32 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together · source wording exercise Reader check for “Data provenance: keep source, t...

Case 8 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not iden...

Case 17 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Correction note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: retain the wording beginning “Lin...

Case 33 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise A chart caption names a mechanism but omits the observ...