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Clarification for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result?”: the point beginning “A forum comparison cannot diagnose a condit...

Reader check for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: distinguish the discussion point “List materials, measurement conditions, ...

Identify population, design, comparator, outcome definitions and follow-up. Assess whether the conclusion extends beyond the measurements and note wha...

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 18 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication Method note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: use “Link both versions, record dates...

Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides them. Statistical significance alone does not establish practic...

Explain the study’s scope and limitations without recommending a treatment change. Individual decisions belong with a qualified clinician who can asse...

Case 3 — A correction log that survives the next archive update A archive table has a transcription error in a unit label. A later publisher notice al...

Case 16 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcome scale where the paper provides...

Limit of the answer in “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: “Describe the measurement, population or model,…” is an excerpt ...

Separate the authors’ proposed mechanism from the measurements that support it. A plausible explanation is not automatically a demonstrated pathway.