AssayNotebook 08813 · Member profile

Clarification for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the point beginning “Link both versions, record dates and check whether…” belongs to th...

Ask whether the sample identifier, issuing laboratory, report date and relevant analytical method can be verified. A copied certificate may be genuine...

Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the interpretation. The reader should be able to see what was observed witho...

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

Case 36 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together · source wording exercise Correction note for “Data provenance: keep source...

Correction note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: retain the wording beginning “Link the publisher notice beside the citatio...

Clarification for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: the point beginning “Locate the primary study and confirm that it...

Reader check for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: distinguish the discussion point “Statistical significance alone does not es...

Was the analysis prespecified or exploratory, and how was uncertainty reported? Record what the paper states and mark unreported fields instead of ass...

Case 8 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? The corrected summary can be useful without a clinical promise: model, methods...