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Case 4 — A correction log for an archive article Correction note for “A correction log for an archive article”: retain the wording beginning “Identify...
Case 8 — A correction log for an archive article A transcription error changes the units in a figure caption. How should the archive record be repaire...
Summary draft for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: the answer addresses “Do not compare apparent visual distances…”; the related ...
Case 26 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · source wording exercise Method note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: use “Do not...
Explain the study’s scope and limitations without recommending a treatment change. Individual decisions belong with a qualified clinician who can asse...
Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...
Describe the species, model and outcome actually studied. Differences in biology and study conditions limit translation; the finding is not a clinical...
Case 28 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation · source wording exercise Reader check for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: di...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original reports. Do not infer a physiological trend before assess...
Summary draft for “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: the answer addresses “Such material can suggest questions but…”; the related point...
Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...
Reader check for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: distinguish the discussion point “Explain the study’s scope and limitations without…” ...
Limit of the answer in “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation”: “Keep speculation explicitly labelled and avoid translating…” i...
Case 7 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? The draft summary of a fictional reading exercise moves from an animal-model o...