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Use separate entries for the internal transcription correction and the publisher notice. They have different sources and may affect different claims.

Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and retain the original values. Do not compare apparent visual dista...

Case 50 — Reading an abstract without skipping the methods · comparison exercise Method note for “Reading an abstract without skipping the methods”: u...

Case 35 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources · source wording exercise Correction note for “Reference management: disting...

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

Case 12 — A correction log that survives the next archive update A archive table has a transcription error in a unit label. A later publisher notice a...

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

Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null findings, exclusions and limitations. Separate the authors’ interpretation from the table’s dir...

Clarification for “An evidence table with room for negative findings”: the point beginning “Include all prespecified outcomes where reported, null…” b...

Case 9 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Correction note for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with ...

Clarification for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: the point beginning “Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcom...

Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed and retain both original reports. Do not infer a physiological trend before assess...