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Research	R0002 — Research Standards for AI-Assisted Writing
Run	2026-03-13
Claim	C005
Search	S02

WebSearch — RoB 2 COI Absence

Summary¶

Field	Value
Source/Database	WebSearch
Results returned	10
Results selected	2
Results rejected	0

Query¶

Terms: "Cochrane RoB 2 conflict of interest funding bias domain absent missing"
Filters applied: None
Results returned: 10

Selected Results¶

Result	Title	Rationale
S02-R01	PMC10897924 — Sterne (argues against COI inclusion)	Co-developer's published defense of design choice
S02-R02	PMC11147813 — Nejadghaderi et al. (discusses absence)	Peer-reviewed discussion of COI absence

Rejected Results¶

[None — remaining results were secondary commentary.]

Notes¶

Targeted search for the COI/funding absence debate. Key discovery: a formal counterargument published by Sterne (a co-developer of RoB 2) explaining why funding should NOT be included. This finding is critical — it shows the absence is deliberate and defended, not merely an oversight.