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TY - JOUR
T1 - Guidance on the use of the weight of evidence approach in scientific assessments
AU - Hardy, Anthony
AU - Benford, Diane
AU - Halldorsson, Thorhallur
AU - Jeger, Michael John
AU - Knutsen, Helle Katrine
AU - More, Simon
AU - Naegeli, Hanspeter
AU - Noteborn, Hubert
AU - Ockleford, Colin
AU - Ricci, Antonia
AU - Rychen, Guido
AU - Schlatter, Josef R
AU - Silano, Vittorio
AU - Solecki, Roland
AU - Turck, Dominique
AU - Benfenati, Emilio
AU - Chaudhry, Qasim Mohammad
AU - Craig, Peter
AU - Frampton, Geoff
AU - Greiner, Matthias
AU - Hart, Andrew
AU - Hogstrand, Christer
AU - Lambre, Claude
AU - Luttik, Robert
AU - Makowski, David
AU - Siani, Alfonso
AU - Wahlstroem, Helene
AU - Aguilera, Jaime
AU - Dorne, Jean-Lou
AU - Fernandez Dumont, Antonio
AU - Hempen, Michaela
AU - Valtueña Martínez, Silvia
AU - Martino, Laura
AU - Smeraldi, Camilla
AU - Terron, Andrea
AU - Georgiadis, Nikolaos
AU - Younes, Maged
PY - 2017/8
Y1 - 2017/8
N2 - Abstract EFSA requested the Scientific Committee to develop a guidance document on the use of the weight of evidence approach in scientific assessments for use in all areas under EFSA's remit. The guidance document addresses the use of weight of evidence approaches in scientific assessments using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Several case studies covering the various areas under EFSA's remit are annexed to the guidance document to illustrate the applicability of the proposed approach. Weight of evidence assessment is defined in this guidance as a process in which evidence is integrated to determine the relative support for possible answers to a question. This document considers the weight of evidence assessment as comprising three basic steps: (1) assembling the evidence into lines of evidence of similar type, (2) weighing the evidence, (3) integrating the evidence. The present document identifies reliability, relevance and consistency as three basic considerations for weighing evidence.
AB - Abstract EFSA requested the Scientific Committee to develop a guidance document on the use of the weight of evidence approach in scientific assessments for use in all areas under EFSA's remit. The guidance document addresses the use of weight of evidence approaches in scientific assessments using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Several case studies covering the various areas under EFSA's remit are annexed to the guidance document to illustrate the applicability of the proposed approach. Weight of evidence assessment is defined in this guidance as a process in which evidence is integrated to determine the relative support for possible answers to a question. This document considers the weight of evidence assessment as comprising three basic steps: (1) assembling the evidence into lines of evidence of similar type, (2) weighing the evidence, (3) integrating the evidence. The present document identifies reliability, relevance and consistency as three basic considerations for weighing evidence.
KW - risk assessment
KW - weight of evidence
KW - biological relevance
KW - uncertainty
KW - lines of evidence
U2 - 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4971
DO - 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4971
M3 - Journal article
VL - 15
JO - EFSA Journal
JF - EFSA Journal
SN - 1831-4732
IS - 8
M1 - 04971
ER -