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Quadrant — Evidence Appraisal

Study quality × relevance for literature screening and synthesis.

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Evidence AppraisalCite as keyBackground onlyExcludeRead criticallyLow RelevanceHigh Relevance—— increasing ——▶Low QualityHigh QualityRCT, on-topicEditorialOld but rigorousOff-topic survey

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title: Evidence Appraisal
x-axis: Low Relevance --> High Relevance
y-axis: Low Quality --> High Quality
quadrant-1: Cite as key
quadrant-2: Background only
quadrant-3: Exclude
quadrant-4: Read critically
point: RCT, on-topic: [0.9, 0.9] #10b981
point: Editorial: [0.7, 0.2]
point: Old but rigorous: [0.3, 0.85]
point: Off-topic survey: [0.2, 0.4]