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Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...

Method note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: use “Link both versions, record dates and check whether…” as a row heading in a proposed ...

Use separate entries for the internal transcription correction and the publisher notice. They have different sources and may affect different claims.

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

Use a comparison-status column: directly comparable, comparable with stated qualifications, or not established. Explain the reason for each label.

Case 7 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? Create separate columns for the quantity measured, method, units and de...

Clarification for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: the point beginning “List materials, measurement conditions, controls and...