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Case 42 — A correction log for an archive article · source wording exercise Method note for “A correction log for an archive article”: use “Keep the c...
Case 16 — Reading a preclinical paper: what belongs beside the abstract? The draft summary of a fictional reading exercise moves from an animal-model ...
Describe the species, model and outcome actually studied. Differences in biology and study conditions limit translation; the finding is not a clinical...
Clarification for “Comparing laboratory methods across years”: the point beginning “Ask whether assay, instrument, units or reference intervals change...
Case 54 — Units and scale: prevent a silent comparison error · comparison exercise Two figures use different units and one axis is logarithmic. How sh...
Case 37 — An evidence table with room for negative findings · source wording exercise Correction note for “An evidence table with room for negative fi...
Clarification for “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: the point beginning “Locate the primary study and confirm that it...
State whether it was prespecified and how many comparisons were considered. Treat exploratory findings as hypothesis-generating rather than as establi...
Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and retain the original values. Do not compare apparent visual dista...
Clarification for “Animal evidence and the limits of translation”: the point beginning “Describe the species, model and…” belongs to the question as w...
Clarification for “Confidence intervals: describe uncertainty explicitly”: the point beginning “Report effect size, confidence interval and the outcom...
Expand it on first use and name the discipline and source context. Add a cross-reference for alternate meanings rather than assuming that every histor...
Case 4 — A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation Method note for “A durable glossary entry for an ambiguous abbreviation”: use “Expand ...
Case 4 — Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources Limit of the answer in “Reference management: distinguish primary and seconda...