Evidence-Based Practice / Unit 6 EBP 0789 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Prespecified Eligibility Criteria
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The idea
The reviewers decide beforehand what inclusion and exclusion criteria will be used to select studies.
In practice
Criteria stated before searching, rather than settled once the results had been seen.
Where people slip
Criteria set afterwards can be shaped, knowingly or not, by what the search returned. Prespecification is what removes that possibility.
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