Open-ended interview questions and saturation.

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 saturation). Here, we propose and test a refined definition of saturation as obtaining the most salient items in a set of q...

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Main Authors: Susan C Weller, Ben Vickers, H Russell Bernard, Alyssa M Blackburn, Stephen Borgatti, Clarence C Gravlee, Jeffrey C Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6010234?pdf=render