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. 2002 Aug 1;2:15. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-2-15

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