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

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

Case 41 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Method note for “Research figure captions: tell the re...

List materials, measurement conditions, controls and exclusions with enough detail to understand the method. Keep this as research documentation and d...

Case 4 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error Method note for “Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error”: use “Record the orig...

Case 46 — Comparing laboratory methods across years · source wording exercise Two results were collected years apart with unknown method changes. What...

Case 24 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Summary draft for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the answer addresses “Link both ver...

Case 15 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? Check the primary paper, supplementary material and any publisher correction....

Case 19 — A correction log that survives the next archive update Each entry should retain the date, old text, corrected text, reason and source refere...

Case 33 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise Summary draft for “Research figure captions: tell the ...

Case 10 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? A reagent dossier contains a summary purity percentage but not the metho...

Case 51 — Clinical questions in an archive discussion · comparison exercise Reader check for “Clinical questions in an archive discussion”: distinguis...