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Research	R0002 — Research Standards for AI-Assisted Writing
Run	2026-03-13
Claim	C002
Search	S02

WebSearch — Grade Downgrade Upgrade Criteria

Summary¶

Field	Value
Source/Database	WebSearch
Results returned	10
Results selected	3
Results rejected	0

Query¶

Terms: "GRADE downgrade upgrade criteria systematic review evidence certainty"
Filters applied: None
Results returned: 10

Selected Results¶

Result	Title	Rationale
S02-R01	CDC.gov GRADE criteria	Government implementation with specific criteria names
S02-R02	Cochrane.org GRADE guidance	Independent methodology organization
S02-R03	GRADEpro.org documentation	Official GRADE tools documentation

Rejected Results¶

[None — all relevant results selected or duplicated existing sources.]

Notes¶

Targeted search for the specific downgrade and upgrade criteria. All three selected results converge on five downgrade criteria and three upgrade criteria. The CDC version provides the most specific formulations of the criteria names.