Sentence examples for major methodological shortcomings from inspiring English sources

In Colorado, all of the recent public polls have one or more major methodological shortcomings.

However, studies are also characterised by major methodological shortcomings.

However, in most of the in vitro and in vivo studies examining the presence or role of apoptosis in septic AKI, there were major methodological shortcomings.

The findings of the qualitative studies seemed to be poorly integrated with those of the trials and often had major methodological shortcomings.

Moreover, many of these studies suffer from major methodological shortcomings, including small sample sizes, referral biases, high loss to follow-up, inadequate matching of groups, and lack of gender inclusion and analysis [ 9, 10, 12].

Studies were included in the meta-regression a) if DEE exposure was expressed as cumulative EC in the exposure response analyses, b) if an appropriate unexposed/low exposed reference group was used, and c) if no major methodological shortcomings were noted.

A major methodological shortcoming identified in this review is the limitation of cognition-focused outcome measures, as they only capture one dimension of a broader range of outcomes NPIs offer.

While some studies reported data on calcium-phosphorus product, not all investigated the extent to which their results showed interaction between calcium and phosphorus, and the main effects of calcium and phosphorus were not always reported, which is a major methodological shortcoming.

The majority of studies had significant methodological shortcomings and were rated as weak, mostly due to the study designs.

The scope of this review was limited to trials that enrolled adult patients with major depressive disorder and compared a second generation antidepressant with CBT, and many of the included trials had methodological shortcomings that may limit confidence in some of the findings.

"For all their methodological shortcomings, rankings aren't going to disappear," said Jamil Salmi, an education expert at the World Bank.