To ascertain the themes present in major Canadian newspaper reports, a sample (N = 1999) of articles published between 1997 and 2007 was analyzed.
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A framework analysis was used to subdivide the data as well as assign categories to ascertain the most significant themes and patterns, with relationships between constructs, as well as deviant cases, being identified [ 20, 21].
Finally, Hill, Thompson & Williams' [ 34] criteria were adopted to ascertain the representativeness of themes: 'general' — applies to all cases; 'typical'— applies to half or more cases; 'variant' — applies to more than two but less than half the cases; and those that apply to only one or two cases are not reported.
Here, we ascertained the biological themes of those enhancer target genes through the Gene Ontology (GO) analysis.
However, to date, few studies have been conducted to systematically ascertain the changing tone and predominant themes within the mainstream media, to consider how these might influence public debate and advocacy for public health policies.
(2) Further, observing a process called member checking [ 10], key informants were asked to review a summary of the themes in order to ascertain the validity of the interpretations.
Further research is required to ascertain whether the themes identified in this study are applicable in other European countries.
Transcriptions were reviewed to ascertain the reasons that participants gave for their benefit selections and verbatim quotes illustrating keys themes were selected for inclusion in the online additional material.
Occasionally, Emil made phone calls to ascertain the progress.
They do not get the facts; they "ascertain the data".
