Table 2.

Quality assessment criteria.

Quality Assessment Criteria
Design	1. Is the objective clearly stated?
	2. Is the method clearly described?
	3. Were research methods suitable to address the research aim?
	4. Were the study settings and sample justified and reproducible?
	5. Are the evaluation metrics used in the study fully defined?
	6. Are the evaluation metrics used in the study the most relevant?
Data acquisition	7. Was the data collection method(s) adequately described?
Data analysis	8. Was the data analysis adequately described?
	9. Were the results compared with those of previous research?
Conclusion	10. Are the findings clearly stated and supported by the results?
	11. Are the research limitations presented?