Corrigendum to “T. Beisenbayeva and A. Schmidt, “Experimental study of the influence of modified sulfur components on physical and mechanical characteristics of bitumen compositions”, tbusphys, vol. 1, no. 4, p. 0006, Oct. 2023. doi: 10.54355/tbusphys/1.4

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Refers to: “T. Beisenbayeva and A. Schmidt, “Experimental study of the influence of modified sulfur components on physical and mechanical characteristics of bitumen compositions”, tbusphys, vol. 1, no. 4, p. 0006, Oct. 2023. doi: 10.54355/tbusphys/1.4.2023.0006”

In the originally published version of this article, omissions were identified in the Methods section regarding the statistical analysis applied to the experimental data. The following corrections have been made:

1. Section 2 (Methods):

- The updated version explicitly states that all measurements were conducted in triplicate to ensure reliability.

- Details on the statistical analysis have been added, specifying the use of OriginPro 2023 and Python libraries (SciPy, NumPy) for calculating mean values, standard deviations, coefficients of variation, one-way ANOVA (p < 0.05), and linear regression analyses to assess the relationship between sulfur content and mechanical properties.

1. Minor textual clarifications were made to improve the reproducibility of the experimental procedure.

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These amendments do not affect the scientific results, discussion, or conclusions of the paper. They are intended to enhance methodological transparency and data reliability.