Defined term · Evidence assessment
Moderate certainty
The true effect is likely to be close to the estimate, but there is a real possibility that it is substantially different. Further research is likely to have an important impact on confidence in the…
§1Moderate certainty
§1.2Category
Evidence assessment — Terms describing how the Institute judges and reports the strength of evidence.
§1.3Related terms
- Certainty of evidence — The Institute’s judgement of the extent to which an effect estimate is adequate to support a conclusion. Reported at one of four levels: high, moderate, low or very low…
Compound Evidence Institute · CEI-GT-003 · https://compoundevidence.com/glossary/moderate-certainty/ · retrieved 30 July 2026