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Table 5 Study design and study-level risk of bias, stratified by Abstrackr’s relevance predictions

From: Decoding semi-automated title-abstract screening: findings from a convenience sample of reviews

Study characteristic

N studies

Correctly predicted as relevant, n (%)

Incorrectly predicted as irrelevant, n (%)

P valuea

Design

 Trial

483

438 (91)

45 (9)

0.0006

 Observational

214

169 (79)

45 (21)

 Mixed methods

2

2 (100)

0 (0)

 Qualitative

15

14 (93)

1 (7)

 Review

88

73 (83)

15 (17)

Risk of bias

 Low

120

96 (80)

24 (20)

0.039

 High or unclear

500

438 (88)

62 (12)

  1. aFisher’s exact test