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Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...

Case 18 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Link both versions, record dates and check whether methods or conclusions changed. Publication sta...

Reader check for “A correction log for an archive article”: distinguish the discussion point “Keep the correction visible to readers who may have…” fr...

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

Case 20 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation A paper proposes a mechanism but the summary describes it as an established cli...

Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting over time. Such material can suggest questions but cannot e...

Case 23 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides...

Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...

Case 34 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise A strong abstract conclusion is being discussed without the study...

Method note for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: use “Describe the species, model and…” as a row heading in a proposed working record....

Case 23 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation Clarification for “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation...

Case 2 — Correlation in a small observational dataset Limit of the answer in “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: “Report sample size, pote...