[HTML][HTML] Sample sizes for saturation in qualitative research: A systematic review of empirical tests

M Hennink, BN Kaiser - Social science & medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective To review empirical studies that assess saturation in qualitative research in order
to identify sample sizes for saturation, strategies used to assess saturation, and guidance we …

Saturation controversy in qualitative research: Complexities and underlying assumptions. A literature review

FY Sebele-Mpofu - Cogent Social Sciences, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Judgement of quality in qualitative has been a contested and controversial issue amongst
researchers. Contention has always emanated from the subjective nature of qualitative …

A simple method to assess and report thematic saturation in qualitative research

G Guest, E Namey, M Chen - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Data saturation is the most commonly employed concept for estimating sample sizes in
qualitative research. Over the past 20 years, scholars using both empirical research and …

To saturate or not to saturate? Questioning data saturation as a useful concept for thematic analysis and sample-size rationales

V Braun, V Clarke - Qualitative research in sport, exercise and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The concept of data saturation, defined as 'information redundancy'or the point at which no
new themes or codes 'emerge'from data, is widely referenced in thematic analysis (TA) …

What influences saturation? Estimating sample sizes in focus group research

MM Hennink, BN Kaiser… - Qualitative health …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Saturation is commonly used to determine sample sizes in qualitative research, yet there is
little guidance on what influences saturation. We aimed to assess saturation and identify …

Open-ended interview questions and saturation

SC Weller, B Vickers, HR Bernard, AM Blackburn… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Sample size determination for open-ended questions or qualitative interviews relies
primarily on custom and finding the point where little new information is obtained (thematic …

Comparing focus groups and individual interviews: findings from a randomized study

G Guest, E Namey, J Taylor, N Eley… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Qualitative researchers often have to decide whether to collect data using focus groups or
individual interviews. We systematically compare these two methods on their ability to …

How many focus groups are enough? Building an evidence base for nonprobability sample sizes

G Guest, E Namey, K McKenna - Field methods, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Few empirical studies exist to guide researchers in determining the number of focus groups
necessary for a research study. The analyses described here provide foundational evidence …

Refinements of the ICF Linking Rules to strengthen their potential for establishing comparability of health information

A Cieza, N Fayed, J Bickenbach… - Disability and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The content of and methods for collecting health information often vary across
settings and challenge the comparability of health information across time, individuals or …

Evaluating bang for the buck: a cost-effectiveness comparison between individual interviews and focus groups based on thematic saturation levels

E Namey, G Guest, K McKenna… - American Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Evaluators often use qualitative research methods, yet there is little evidence on the
comparative cost-effectiveness of the two most commonly employed qualitative methods—in …