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Figure - Do Readers and Peer Reviewers Agree on Manuscript Quality?

Summary quality grades by judge type. Test of differences between experts and readers, experts and peers, and readers and peers, after grades were dichotomized as "acceptable" (>/=5) or "not acceptable" (</=4): chi2(1)=41.7 (P<.001), 16.8 (P<.001), and 3.4 (P >.5), respectively.

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