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Appraisal tool for quantitative papers |
| What was the response rate? |
| What question is the study aiming to answer? |
| Was the survey specifically designed with this question in mind? |
| Does the survey measures used allow this question to be answered clearly? |
| Is the population surveyed described clearly? |
| How was the survey carried out? |
| Is the denominator reported? |
| Are the measures reported objective and reliable? |
| Are these the most appropriate measures for answering the study question? |
| If the study compares different subgroups from the survey, were the data obtained using the same methods from these different groups? |
| How was the survey carried out? |
| Is the survey method likely to have introduced significant bias? |
| Have ethical issues been taken into account? |
| Is the study large enough? |
| Is there adequate description of the data? |
| Is there evidence of multiple statistical testing or large numbers of post hoc analyses? |
| Are the statistical analyses appropriate? |
| Is there evidence of any other bias? |
Lally et al. BMC Medicine 2008 6:7 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-6-7 |