Quality Output Checklist and Content Assessment (QuOCCA): a new tool for assessing research quality and reproducibility.

ABSTRACT: Research must be well designed, properly conducted and clearly and transparently reported. Our independent medical research institute wanted a simple, generic tool to assess the quality of the research conducted by its researchers, with the goal of identifying areas that could be improved through targeted educational activities. Unfortunately, none was available, thus we devised our own. Here, we report development of the Quality Output Checklist and Content Assessment (QuOCCA), and its application to publications from our institute's scientists. Following consensus meetings and external review by statistical and methodological experts, 11 items were selected for the final version of the QuOCCA: research transparency (items 1-3), research design and analysis (items 4-6) and research report

SUBMITTER: Heroux ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9516158 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature