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Case 24 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Method note for “Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured”: u...
Before comparing laboratories, ask whether sample handling, method conditions and reporting definitions are available. Missing details should be visib...
Case 9 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources A review cites another review for a claim about an experiment. How can the ev...
Clarification for “A correction log for an archive article”: the point beginning “Identify the original error and the corrected text, date…” belongs t...
Case 14 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Summary draft for “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a...
Case 22 — Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel with a result? Limit of the answer in “Assay-specific reference ranges: what must travel w...
Case 21 — Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion A protocol summary omits conditions and controls. What makes the account reproducibl...
Case 17 — Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly Summary draft for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: the answer ...
Limit of the answer in “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: “Expand it on first use and name the…” is an excerpt from the discuss...
Clarification for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: the point beginning “Describe the species, model and…” belongs to the question as w...
Case 21 — A correction log that survives the next archive update Use separate entries for the internal transcription correction and the publisher noti...
Case 28 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · source wording exercise Limit of the answer in “A literature note that separa...
Case 12 — Selection bias in a self-reported forum sample A collection of forum reports is being treated as a representative sample. What limitations b...
Case 31 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · source wording exercise Two figures use different units and one axis is logarithmic. Ho...
Method note for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: use “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals changed…” as a row headi...