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Put the species or model, design, comparator and measured endpoint before the interpretation. The reader should be able to see what was observed witho...
Clarification for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: the point beginning “Retain units, method, laboratory interval a...
Case 13 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? The corrected summary can be useful without a clinical promise: model, method...
Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and retain the original values. Do not compare apparent visual dista...
Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection context in a private clinical record. A forum comparison cannot diagnose a condition; a quali...
Case 16 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods Limit of the answer in “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: “Identify popula...
Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...
Method note for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: use “Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection cont...
Case 7 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together A table has been copied into a new format without its source or transformati...
Case 35 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Research figure captions: tell the ...
Case 1 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication A cited preprint has a later published version. How should an archive entry handle the relationship...
A chromatographic peak-area figure and net material content answer different questions. Record the report’s own definition and units before comparing ...
Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and retain the original values. Do not compare apparent visual dista...
Clarification for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: the point beginning “Describe the measurement, population or model,…”...
Reader check for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: distinguish the discussion point “Do not leave the historical citation lookin...