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Case 1 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Locate the primary study and confirm that it measured the claimed outcome. Re...
Correction note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: retain the wording beginning “Publication status is useful context but is not itself ...
Case 26 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise Method note for “Reference management: distinguish...
Case 3 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible Clarification for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: the point be...
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...
Correction note for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: retain the wording beginning “Association does not identify direction or causation...
Clarification for “A correction log that survives the next archive update”: the point beginning “They have different sources and may…” belongs to the ...
Case 22 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Method note for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: use “Record the ori...
Discuss who chose to post, missing outcomes, unverifiable records and changes in reporting over time. Such material can suggest questions but cannot e...
Separate document provenance, identity, purity and the conditions measured. A percentage without its method and sample linkage cannot establish all of...
Method note for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: use “Do not compare apparent visual distances…” as a row heading in a proposed w...
Method note for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: use “Expand it on first use and name the…” as a row heading in a proposed wo...
Ask whether the sample identifier, issuing laboratory, report date and relevant analytical method can be verified. A copied certificate may be genuine...
Case 35 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Reader check for “Research figure captions: tell the r...