Automating risk of bias assessment in systematic reviews: a real-time mixed methods comparison of human researchers to a machine learning system

Abstract Background Machine learning and automation are increasingly used to make the evidence synthesis process faster and more responsive to policymakers’ needs. In systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials (RCTs), risk of bias assessment is a resource-intensive task that typically requir...

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Main Authors: Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, Christopher James Rose, Heather Melanie Ames, Jose Francisco Meneses Echavez, Stijn Van de Velde, Ashley Elizabeth Muller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-022-01649-y