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Method note for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: use “Locate the primary study and confirm that it…” as a row headin...

Method note for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: use “Describe the measurement, population or model,…” as a row heading ...

Report sample size, potential confounders and measurement uncertainty. Association does not identify direction or causation, and exploratory results n...

Reader check for “A correction log for an archive article”: distinguish the discussion point “Identify the original error and the corrected text, date...

Case 25 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Certificate of analysis: wh...

Case 23 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation Expand it on first use and name the discipline and source context. Add a cross-refere...

Method note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: use “Do not leave the historical citation looking…” as a row heading in a prop...

Case 5 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support it...

Clarification for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: the point beginning “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…” belongs ...

Case 36 — Correlation in a small observational dataset · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Correlation in a small observational dataset”: the...

Clarification for “Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together”: the point beginning “Keep the source citation, retrieval date an...