SRC01¶


Research	R0002 — Research Standards for AI-Assisted Writing
Run	2026-03-13
Claim	C005
Search	S01
Result	S01-R01
Source	SRC01

Cochrane RoB 2 Documentation

Source¶

Cochrane Methods Group. "Risk of Bias 2 (RoB 2) tool." https://methods.cochrane.org/risk-bias-2. Accessed 2026-03-13.

URL: Not captured — experimental run

Dimension	Rating
Reliability	High
Relevance	High
Bias: Missing data	Low risk
Bias: Measurement	N/A — tool documentation
Bias: Selective reporting	Low risk
Bias: Randomization	N/A — not an RCT
Bias: Protocol deviation	N/A — not an RCT
Bias: COI/Funding	Some concerns — institutional interest in defending design

Dimension	Rationale
Reliability	Official Cochrane tool documentation. Cochrane is the preeminent organization for systematic reviews and evidence-based medicine. The RoB 2 tool is their flagship bias assessment instrument.
Relevance	Defines the five domains of RoB 2. Primary source for the domain list. Exact topic match.
Bias flags	Institutional interest in defending the tool's design choices. Cochrane has a COI in presenting RoB 2 favorably. This is noted but is a low concern for the factual question (what are the domains?) and a moderate concern for the normative question (is the COI absence a problem?).

Evidence ID	Summary
SRC01-E01	RoB 2 assesses five specific domains of bias