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Case 22 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Two figures use different units and one axis is logarithmic. How should a comparison be d...

Expand it on first use and name the discipline and source context. Add a cross-reference for alternate meanings rather than assuming that every histor...

Case 28 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? · source wording exercise Method note for “Reading a preclinical paper: what ...

Limit of the answer in “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: “Report sample size, potential confounders…” is an excerpt from the discussion,...

Case 30 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Data provenance: keep source, ...

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. ...

Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...