Author’s response to reviews Title: Effect of Standardized Training on the Reliability of the Cochrane Risk of Bias Assessment Tool: a prospective study Authors:

Title: Effect of Standardized Training on the Reliability of the Cochrane Risk of Bias Assessment Tool: a prospective study Authors: Bruno da Costa ([email protected]) Brooke Beckett ([email protected]) Alison Diaz ([email protected]) Nina Resta ([email protected]) Bradley Johnston ([email protected]) Matthias Egger ([email protected]) Peter Jüni ([email protected]) Susan Armijo-Olivo ([email protected]) Version: 1 Date: 05 Oct 2016 Author’s response to reviews: Reviewer #1 1. Reviewer’s comment: The authors have conducted an interesting, valuable randomized trial that was designed to improve the inter-rater reliability of assessments using the Cochrane risk of bias tool. The manuscript is very well written and the authors used several methods to minimise bias in their findings. The authors have also done an excellent job in acknowledging the limitations of the research. I only have a few minor suggestions. Authors’ reply: We thank the reviewer for this kind remark and for reviewing our manuscript.