Table 4.
Examining and reading the methods section of articles*
| Examining the methods section | ||||
| never (%) | seldom (%) | often (%) | always (%) | |
| Reading | ||||
| never | 10/172 (6) | 2/172 (1) | 0/172 (0) | 0/172 (0) |
| seldom | 29/172 (17) | 54/172 (31) | 13/172 (8) | 1/172 (1) |
| often | 5/172 (3) | 14/172 (8) | 34/172 (20) | 6/172 (3) |
| always | 0/172 (0) | 0/172 (0) | 3/172 (2) | 1/172 (1) |
* positive responses gray