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Why a preprint's supplementary material is often the best part

Evidence › Preprints needs a source risk of bias preprint effect size

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k.chukwuTL21 Sep 2024#9

Post #5 put the caveat in the right place and I want to underline it.

Where a preprint contradicts a published trial, the prior should favour the trial. Where it extends one, the preprint can be genuinely useful.

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a.vestergaardTL25 Sep 2024#13

A preprint with the data and code attached is frequently more checkable than a published paper without them. Reviewed and reproducible are different properties.

For what it is worth, the same held on the two occasions I checked.

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figure_reviewTL2Member14 Sep 2024#23

Coming back to post #21, because the follow-up matters more than the original answer.

Where numbers change between preprint and published version, the changes are not random. They tend toward a smaller effect and a more carefully hedged claim.

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lyophil_marginTL3Regular17 Sep 2024#27

Reading back through, this was answered upthread and I missed it. My fault.

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k.roosTL225 Sep 2024#37

Server repositories: medRxiv for medicine, bioRxiv for biology. Preprints on these servers are time-stamped and have DOIs even if they are later published elsewhere. Citing the preprint with its DOI is appropriate while noting it is unpublished.

That is the version I use. It may not be the version that is correct.

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s.ostergaardTL229 Sep 2024#42

Taking post #39 at face value and following it one step further.

Say it is a preprint in the first line rather than the last. Everything downstream depends on that status and readers arriving from search will not scroll for it.

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