An alternative to the hand searching gold standard: validating methodological search filters using relative recall

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Search filters or hedges play an important role in evidence-based medicine but their development depends on the availability of a "gold standard" – a reference standard against which to establish the performance of the filt...

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Main Authors: Barrowman Nicholas J, Morrison Andra, Zhang Li, Sampson Margaret, Clifford Tammy J, Platt Robert W, Klassen Terry P, Moher David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/6/33