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Case 46 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the answe...

Case 12 — A correction log for an archive article Identify the original error and the corrected text, date the correction and link the source. Keep th...

Case 51 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · comparison exercise Clarification for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison err...

Case 36 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? · source wording exercise Reader check for “Certificate of analysis: whi...

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

Method note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: use “Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale…” as a row...

Case 21 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation Describe the species, model and outcome actually studied. Differences in biology and study con...

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...

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