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Case 17 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods A strong abstract conclusion is being discussed without the study methods. What should the ...
Correction note for “A correction log for an archive article”: retain the wording beginning “Identify the original error and the corrected text, date…...
Was the analysis prespecified or exploratory, and how was uncertainty reported? Record what the paper states and mark unreported fields instead of ass...
Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a record of conversions or exclusions. Make synthetic examples explicit and never combine them silently w...
Case 18 — A correction log that survives the next archive update Keep a visible correction near the affected material and a linked changelog entry. Re...
Case 21 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Correction note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: retain the wording beginning “Lin...
Clarification for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: the point beginning “Describe the measurement, population or model,…”...
Correction note for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: retain the wording beginning “Keep the source citation, retrie...
Method note for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: use “Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a…” as a row hea...
Case 32 — Correlation in a small observational dataset · source wording exercise Correction note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: r...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Case 21 — A correction log that survives the next archive update The final note should distinguish corrected data transcription, changed source eviden...
Case 1 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation State the study design and what was actually measured before discussing the prop...
Link both versions, record dates and check whether methods or conclusions changed. Publication status is useful context but is not itself a guarantee ...