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Identify the original error and the corrected text, date the correction and link the source. Keep the correction visible to readers who may have saved...

Case 37 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? · source wording exercise The draft summary of a fictional reading exercise m...

Case 9 — Comparing laboratory methods across years Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original report...

Case 40 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · source wording exercise Reader check for “Reading an abstract without skipping the method...

Retain units, method, laboratory interval and collection context in a private clinical record. A forum comparison cannot diagnose a condition; a quali...

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

Case 31 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together · source wording exercise Method note for “Data provenance: keep source, tr...

Case 6 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? The draft summary of a fictional reading exercise moves from an animal-model o...

Case 25 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise Method note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: use “Public...

Case 6 — Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible Limit of the answer in “Exploratory subgroup analysis: keep the label visible”: “State ...

Method note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: use “Identify population, design, comparator, outcome…” as a row heading in a prop...

Case 7 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Summary draft for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a ...