Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Risk Factors of Induced Abortion among Preparatory School Female Students, Guraghe 
Zone, Southern Region, Ethiopia: Cross -Sectional Study  
 
Version: 1 Date: 15 Mar 2018  
 
Reviewer: Adesina Oladokun  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
A lot of the statements, tenses, and paragraphs need to be reconstructed.  
Page 3 line 1 - abortion is termination below 28 weeks and not within 20 and 28 weeks  
line 3 same thing with the fetal weigh t. 
line 53 - 56  -- provide reference for the statement made!  
 
page 4  
line 9 - 27 % of which total figure?  
lies 13, 24 26 - correct grammatical errors.  
line 28 - explain what this statement means.  
 
line 46 - what was the duration of the study?  
 line 53 - please explain  
 
page 6  
line 48 -60  -- this statement is hanging!  
line 46 -55   ---to be reconstructed  
 
page 7  
line 1 -11 ----to be reconstructed  
line 13 -28  ---to be reconstructed  
 
pages 12 - 16 ---tables to be reformatted so that they don't split to next page.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Are the met hods appropriate and well described?  
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Yes 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
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Yes 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
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Yes 
 
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manus cript or would you recommend an 
additional statistical review?  
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I am able to assess the statistics  
 
Quality of written English  
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Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited  
 
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