Reliability and validity of the AGREE instrument used by physical therapists in assessment of clinical practice guidelines

Table 7 Hypothesis test: rigour of development is greater where panel is known to have methodology expertise

Rater	Expert Panel	No or Uncertain Expertise	p
Generalist #1	79	58	0.002
Generalist #2	79	57	0.001
Specialist #1	73	58	0.015
Specialist #2	75	65	0.09
Researcher #1	72	57	0.02
Research #2	80	61	0.014
All 6 appraisers combined	78	59	<0.001

This table contains the scores for the Agree Domain on Rigour of Development. CPGs were classified as having an expert panel if 1) there were more than 3 authors listed (or an agency) and 2) there was an experienced CPG methodologist clearly identified as a panel member or if one of the study investigators was recognized as such. All others were classified as "No or Uncertain Expertise". The p value for the independent samples t-test is shown.

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