What is an adequate sample size? Operationalising data saturation for theory-based interview studies

Psychology and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1229-1245

  Francis, Jill J ^a   Johnston, Marie ^b   Robertson, Clare ^a   Glidewell, Liz ^a   Entwistle, Vikki ^c   Eccles, Martin P ^d   Grimshaw, Jeremy M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data saturation; Interviews as topic; Models, psychological; Sample size; Theory based content analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAGET BONE DISEASE; PHARYNGITIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEITIS DEFORMANS; PHARYNGITIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SAMPLE SIZE; SCOTLAND;

EID: 78649552441     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440903194015     Document Type: Article

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