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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 35 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · source wording exercise Clarification for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison...

Case 7 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion Clarification for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: the point beginning “Explain the...

Limit of the answer in “Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing?”: “Create separate columns for the quantity measured,…” ...

Clarification for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: the point beginning “Retain units, method, laboratory interval a...

Clarification for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: the point beginning “Retain units, method, laboratory interval a...

Case 42 — A correction log that survives the next archive update · source wording exercise A archive table has a transcription error in a unit label. ...

Case 20 — 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 32 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “A durable glossary entry for an amb...

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

Keep the original reported values beside any reformatted presentation. A conversion or interpretation needs a documented basis; it should not silently...

Case 30 — Correlation in a small observational dataset · source wording exercise Correction note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: r...