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Case 20 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Correction note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: retain th...

Locate the primary study and confirm that it measured the claimed outcome. Record when only a secondary account was accessible and avoid presenting it...

Identify the original error and the corrected text, date the correction and link the source. Keep the correction visible to readers who may have saved...

Case 22 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Limit of the answer in “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: “Record the ...

Case 25 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: t...

Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...

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

Identify population, design, comparator, outcome definitions and follow-up. Assess whether the conclusion extends beyond the measurements and note wha...

Case 36 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion · source wording exercise Correction note for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench...

Method note for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: use “State whether it was prespecified and how…” as a row heading in a propos...

Case 25 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · source wording exercise Reader check for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison ...

Case 5 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Link both versions, record dates and check whether methods or conclusions changed. Publication stat...