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Case 35 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “Certificate of analysi...

Method note for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: use “Expand it on first use and name the…” as a row heading in a proposed wo...

Case 7 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample Limit of the answer in “Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample”: “Discuss who chose to...

Case 39 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · source wording exercise Method note for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison e...

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

Limit of the answer in “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: “State whether it was prespecified and how…” is an excerpt from the di...

Case 29 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the l...

Case 4 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? A chromatographic peak-area figure and net material content answer differ...

Case 23 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Correction note for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: retain the word...

Case 5 — Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive A cited article now has an editorial notice. How should the archive respond? Exercise RE...

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

Link both versions, record dates and check whether methods or conclusions changed. Publication status is useful context but is not itself a guarantee ...

Case 6 — A correction log that survives the next archive update Each entry should retain the date, old text, corrected text, reason and source referen...

Method note for “Retractions and expressions of concern in an archive”: use “Link the publisher notice beside the citation, record its date and…” as a...