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Case 16 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together Keep the source citation, retrieval date and a record of conversions or exc...
Case 17 — Animal evidence and the limits of translation An animal experiment is cited as though it establishes a human outcome. What qualification is ...
Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...
Method note for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: use “Locate the primary study and confirm that it…” as a row headin...
Case 14 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Inte...
Clarification for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: the point beginning “Record the original units and axis transformation, show a...
List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions with enough detail to understand the method. Keep this as research documentation and d...
Case 16 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation Limit of the answer in “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observ...
Summary draft for “A correction log for an archive article”: the answer addresses “Identify the original error and the corrected text, date…”; the rel...
Clarification for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the point beginning “Link both versions, record dates and check whether…” belongs to th...
Case 19 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Clarification for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: the point b...
Limit of the answer in “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: “Report sample size, potential confounders…” is an excerpt from the discussion,...
Case 9 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation Correction note for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: retain t...