Critically appraise a study or claim
Use to judge how much weight to give a study before relying on it.
Help me critically appraise a study.
Study (summary, abstract, or what I know): {{study}}
The claim it is used to support: {{claim}}
Walk through:
1. Sample: who or what was studied, and how large.
2. Method: was it well designed for the claim?
3. Results: what was actually shown versus implied.
4. Confounds and limitations the authors note or miss.
5. Conflicts of interest or funding concerns.
6. Whether the claim is justified by the study or overstates it.
End with a confidence rating for using this study to support the claim.
Constraints: be rigorous but fair, and flag what you cannot assess from the information given.Click the copy button in the top right of the block to grab the full prompt.
Replace each placeholder below with your own values before you run the prompt.
- {{study}}
- {{claim}}
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