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. 1998 Apr 11;316(7138):1134–1137. doi: 10.1136/bmj.316.7138.1134

Table 3.

Distribution of mean (median) scores for 18 participants in intervention group (who used READER method)

Relevance Education Applicability Discrimination Evaluation (total)
Paper 1 3.8 (4) 2.2 (2) 3.2 (3) 2.9 (2) 12.1 (12)
Paper 2 4.1 (4) 3.2 (3) 3.5 (4) 4.3 (4) 15.0 (15)
Paper 3 4.0 (4) 3.0 (3) 2.9 (3) 4.4 (4) 14.1 (14)

Papers 1, 2, and 3 are references 6, 7, and 8.  

Two participants did not appraise paper 3.  

See the figure for the scoring system for the READER method.