Defined term · Evidence assessment
Low certainty
Confidence in the effect estimate is limited and the true effect may be substantially different. The Institute states in each case whether the limitation arises from conflicting evidence or from thin…
§1Low 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…
- Absence of evidence — A state in which no study adequate to answer a question has been identified. The Institute records an absence of evidence as distinct from evidence of absence: the first…
Compound Evidence Institute · CEI-GT-004 · https://compoundevidence.com/glossary/low-certainty/ · retrieved 30 July 2026