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List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions with enough detail to understand the method. Keep this as research documentation and d...
Case 33 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · source wording exercise Reader check for “A literature note that separates hy...
Case 5 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Correction note for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”...
Correction note for “A correction log for an archive article”: retain the wording beginning “Keep the correction visible to readers who may have…” in ...
Limit of the answer in “Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support?”: “A percentage without its method and sample linkage cann...
Was the analysis prespecified or exploratory, and how was uncertainty reported? Record what the paper states and mark unreported fields instead of ass...
Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and denominator. Do not subtract the two percentages as though they represented a dis...
Case 40 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Two laboratories, tw...
Case 18 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion Limit of the answer in “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: “L...
Case 30 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together · source wording exercise Reader check for “Data provenance: keep source, t...
Each entry should retain the date, old text, corrected text, reason and source reference. For a publisher notice, link the notice as well as the origi...
Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original reports. Do not infer a physiological trend before assess...
Case 29 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · source wording exercise A paper proposes a mechanism but the summary describe...