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Reader check for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: distinguish the discussion point “Interpretive discussion belongs alon...

Correction note for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: retain the wording beginning “Include all prespecified outcomes where reporte...

Was the analysis prespecified or exploratory, and how was uncertainty reported? Record what the paper states and mark unreported fields instead of ass...

Case 31 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Data provenance: keep sou...

Case 10 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? An apparent difference can motivate a method question without proving ...

Correction note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: retain the wording beginning “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome...

Link both versions, record dates and check whether methods or conclusions changed. Publication status is useful context but is not itself a guarantee ...

Case 12 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a record of conversions or exc...

Separate document provenance, identity, purity and the conditions measured. A percentage without its method and sample linkage cannot establish all of...

Case 15 — A correction log that survives the next archive update Each entry should retain the date, old text, corrected text, reason and source refere...

Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...

Case 50 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample · comparison exercise Reader check for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: dist...