[PDF] Top 20 What about N? A methodological study of sample-size reporting in focus group studies

... these studies, authors often point out that small sample sizes are legiti- mate in qualitative ...small sample sizes which they invariably see as a study ...qualitative studies are ... See full document

... a sample size of n = 204, this study found that while there was no significant difference in overall Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile scores, the normotensive group scored higher on ... See full document

... and sample size for each of the ...and n is the re- ported sample ...by reporting the I 2 (% residual variation due to heterogeneity) for each of the pooled estimates ...and ... See full document

... remaining studies, the Elwood (1998) study most closely primarily addresses the ...smaller sample size than some other studies (GDV dogs: n=75; control dogs: n=594), the ... See full document

... most ‘objective’ procedure that provides the best results from the mathematical standpoint. The non-automatic rotation ‘by hand’, which is preferred in Q-methodology, provides an infinite number of possible results that ... See full document

... sustainability reporting is without its own difficulties. There remain gaps in reporting (for example, on biodiversity) (ten Brink et ...unclear what impact the act of sustainability reporting ... See full document

... out any possible carryover effect [19,20]. During washout period, subjects were advised to brush with water alone. No changes in their brushing habits were made. In phase 2, subjects in Group A and Group B ... See full document

... HAM-A to recruit anxiety vulnerable samples and as a primary outcome variable. However, the methods of characterising the samples were not equivalent across studies. Caillard (1992, unpublished) and Rouillon et ... See full document

... the study plan and in the clinical rotations should also benefit from VPS, which could close the gap- ” If we do not have rounds in a speci- alty, it would be good to see virtual patients, we gain by it “ (student ... See full document

... Brinton et al. [51] also evaluated long-term cancer risk associated with IVF, calculating HRs for different gyne- cological cancers. The investigators included in their study a total of 87403 women treated for ... See full document

... So did the participants at the end of the meeting consider SR a useful or necessary way to go? Feelings about this were mixed but not negative. Some considered the question itself irrelevant, as SR seemed to be on ... See full document

... the focus of the study; (3) the rationale for the use of the Delphi technique; (4) the overall study design; (5) the applied methods and the procedure; (6) data analysis; and (7) key outcomes of the ... See full document

... Audio files from the interviews and focus groups were professionally transcribed and listened to alongside the transcripts to check for accuracy. Researchers (NC, MM) familiarised themselves with data by reading ... See full document

... Qualitative and quantitative data, including data from mixed-methods studies, were described, analysed separately and grouped. The characteristics of the studies and import- ant differences between them ... See full document

... our study, the focus group approach achieved its modest objectives of drawing out the perspectives of a small group of individuals who were willing to spend an evening discussing a topic that ... See full document

... included studies fell into levels III ...intervention studies, consisting of mainly comparative studies against other active interventions or controls, or ...several studies claimed to be ... See full document

... for sample size calculations with an example drawn from a clinical study that used repeated measures of dental pain as the out- ...the study participants to one of two groups, either control ... See full document

... sample size by ...attendant sample size savings. This is consistent ple size was 714 with the sample size of 725 representing with the results of similar analyses in ... See full document

... Daily about 100 million people in the world consume hookah and statistics show a high rate of hookah consumption, especially among adolescents and young people ...of studies show that the prevalence of ... See full document

... Impact of EZL and approaches to disease prevention FOCUS GROUP C FOCUS GROUP D n=15 groups n=15 groups Key question: What Photo identification as are horses / mules and described in Grou[r] ... See full document