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Summary draft for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: the answer addresses “Do not leave the historical citation looking…”; the re...

Locate the primary study and confirm that it measured the claimed outcome. Record when only a secondary account was accessible and avoid presenting it...

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...

Case 24 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation Limit of the answer in “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: “Exp...

Case 22 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion A reader asks whether an experimental finding should change their treatment. What is an appropri...

Link the publisher notice beside the citation, record its date and reassess claims that relied on the paper. Do not leave the historical citation look...

Case 4 — Two laboratories, two percentages: are they measuring the same thing? Before comparing laboratories, ask whether sample handling, method cond...

Clarification for “A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation”: the point beginning “State the study design and what was actually me...

Case 35 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · source wording exercise Correction note for “A literature note that separates...

State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...