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Table 5 Calculation of probability of acceptable recall of a PubMed sample of systematic reviews

From: Optimal database combinations for literature searches in systematic reviews: a prospective exploratory study

Ā 

Frequency

Frequency percentage (a) (%)

Probability recall >ā€‰95% (b) (%)

aā€‰Ć—ā€‰b (%)

Probability recall 100% (c) (%)

cā€‰Ć—ā€‰bĀ (%)

EM-ML

73

37

47

17

24

9

ML

41

21

16

3

9

2

EM-ML-WoS

40

20

64

13

36

7

ML-WoS

21

11

21

2

16

2

ML-GS

7

4

26

1

16

1

ML-WoS-GS

7

4

37

1

29

1

EM-ML-GS

5

3

76

2

41

1

EM

2

1

19

0

14

0

EM-WoS

1

1

40

0

28

0

WoS

1

1

7

0

7

0

Total

198a

100

Ā 

40

Ā 

23

  1. aTwo reviews did not use any of the databases used in this evaluation