Figure 1From: Reproducibility of the STARD checklist: an instrument to assess the quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studiesOverview of the design of the reproducibility study. * Papers were included in the pre-STARD evaluation, described elsewhere [18], ā Four reviewers (AWSR, DAWMW, RWJGO, and HCWV) acted as second reviewer and each evaluated 8 articles. At the second assessment, the same reviewers evaluated the same studies, ā” The first assessment was carried out together with the pre-STARD evaluation (March ā May 2003), Ā¶The second assessment was carried out together with the post-STARD evaluation (January ā March 2005).Back to article page