CorrectionDesk 08520 · Member profile
List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions with enough detail to understand the method. Keep this as research documentation and d...
Case 36 — A correction log that survives the next archive update · source wording exercise A archive table has a transcription error in a unit label. ...
Case 24 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Correction note for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and outpu...
Case 23 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Correction note for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: retain th...
Clarification for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: the point beginning “Locate the primary study and confirm that it...
Separate document provenance, identity, purity and the conditions measured. A percentage without its method and sample linkage cannot establish all of...
Case 5 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Method note for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: use “Record the orig...
Case 2 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Inter...
Case 25 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible · source wording exercise Reader check for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the la...
Case 14 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation The same abbreviation has different meanings in neighbouring fields. How can an archi...
Case 33 — A correction log that survives the next archive update · source wording exercise Method note for “A correction log that survives the next ar...
Case 2 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Method note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: use “Ask whether assay, instrument, un...
Case 37 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly · source wording exercise A result is described only as statistically significant. Wha...