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Table 2 Mean scores for individual items of the Review Quality Instrument (RQI) for all reviewers (ANRs and ECRs)

From: Are reviewers suggested by authors as good as those chosen by editors? Results of a rater-blinded, retrospective study

RQI item

 

Mean score*

SD

1

Assessing importance of research question

2.34

0.78

2

Assessing originality

1.87

0.89

3

Identifying strengths and weaknesses of methods

2.41

0.73

4

Providing comments about writing and presentation

2.39

0.87

5

Providing constructive comments

2.73

0.81

6

Providing evidence to support comments

2.18

0.86

7

Commenting on authors' interpretation of results

2.28

0.75

  1. *Mean of both raters
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BMC Medicine

ISSN: 1741-7015

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