C010 — Claim Definition¶


Research	R0052 — Methodology Claims
Run	2026-03-31
Claim	C010

Claim as Received¶

The NAS published 21 standards with 82 elements of performance organized across four stages of review.

Claim as Clarified¶

The National Academies (specifically the Institute of Medicine, now part of NAS) published 'Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for Systematic Reviews' which contains 21 standards with elements of performance organized across stages of the systematic review process. The claim asserts 82 total elements across four stages.

BLUF¶

The claim is substantially correct. The IOM report 'Finding What Works in Health Care' does recommend 21 standards organized across four stages (initiating, finding/assessing, synthesizing, reporting). The 82-element count is reported in secondary sources but could not be independently verified from the primary document due to access limitations.

Scope¶

Domain: Systematic review methodology
Timeframe: 2011 (publication year)
Testability: Verifiable against the IOM report

Assessment Summary¶

Probability: Very likely (80-95%)

Confidence: Medium

Hypothesis outcome: H1 mostly supported — 21 standards and four stages confirmed; 82 elements reported but not independently counted.

[Full assessment in assessment.md.]

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	Full-text access to the IOM report allows independent verification of the 82-element count