With regard to selection, the first quality assessment domain of the NOS, nine cross-sectional studies were deemed subject to bias due to the nonrepresentativeness of the population (individuals with type 2 diabetes in the workforce; 6, 15, 16, 21, 28– 32), as were eight cross-sectional studies due to use of an inadequate method for ascertaining diabetes (15, 16, 21, 28– 33, 33).
The possible discrepancy in subjective assessment of the corneal pattern through a Placido disc, an inadequate method, by the large number of examiners rendered this study unreliable.
Part of the problem stems from a hopelessly inefficient and inadequate method of funding international collective action, which relies on hat-passing and pledges from nations that are either not forthcoming or, if they are, are frequently never met.
We excluded quasi-randomised trials, as these have a high risk of bias owing to the inadequate method of random sequence generation or allocation concealment.
"Not all blame for the ongoing failures of these tests can be levelled solely at Atos Healthcare, who operate within the government's utterly inadequate method of assessing our most vulnerable citizens.
Both had important methodological weaknesses, including inadequate method of randomisation, visual estimation of blood loss for determining outcome measures, and limited sample sizes.
Prognostic biomarkers aim to improve on the current inadequate method of histological assessment to identify patients with oral epithelial dysplasia at greatest risk of malignant transformation.
†Includes alternation (n=2), army regiment number (n=1), telephone automation system (n=3), date of birth (inadequate method of sequence generation; n=1), drawing lots (n=2), odd and even numbers [inadequate] (n=1), shuffling cards (n=1), throwing dice (n=1), and web automation system (n=1).
This, at least in part, can be attributed to the low number of Salmonella bacteria circulating in the blood of typhoid patients and the inadequate method of DNA preparation.
This was reached using standard GRADE criteria, including a high risk of selection bias (due to inadequate methods of generating the random sequence and concealing treatment allocation, and the lack of baseline data), and the statistical uncertainty given that the result did not reach standard levels of statistical significance (95%).
