C005 — Claim Definition¶


Research	R0052 — Methodology Claims
Run	2026-03-31
Claim	C005

Claim as Received¶

As early as 1987, Mulrow documented that none of the 50 reviews she examined met all eight basic scientific reporting criteria.

Claim as Clarified¶

Cynthia D. Mulrow published a study in 1987 in the Annals of Internal Medicine examining 50 medical review articles against eight explicit scientific reporting criteria. The claim asserts that none of the 50 reviews satisfied all eight criteria.

BLUF¶

The claim is accurate. Mulrow's 1987 paper in Annals of Internal Medicine examined 50 reviews from four major medical journals against eight criteria adapted from published guidelines. The best-performing review satisfied only six of the eight criteria; none met all eight.

Scope¶

Domain: Medical literature / systematic review methodology
Timeframe: 1987 (publication date)
Testability: Directly verifiable against Mulrow 1987 publication

Assessment Summary¶

Probability: Almost certain (95-99%)

Confidence: High

Hypothesis outcome: H1 supported — multiple sources confirm the specific findings.

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Status¶

Field	Value
Date created	2026-03-31
Date completed	2026-03-31
Researcher profile	Phil Moore
Prompt version	ai-research-methodology v1 research.md
Revisit by	2027-03-31
Revisit trigger	Reanalysis of Mulrow's original data produces different findings