Once reliability with the researcher codes was established, the coders were asked to code a different student to test their inter-rater reliability.
When coding finished, a second coder was asked to code 10% of each of the 8 protocols, the agreement percentage was respectably high for each protocol (above 0.81).
Both were provided with instructions, definitions of each of the domains and were asked to code each of the contributory factors using the framework.
Following study completion, previously assigned group coders will be asked to code a random selection of approximately 20% (n = 6) of the tapes from the alternate group.
PTI practices are asked to code all the clinical findings/activity relevant to each consultation as precisely as possible using as many Read codes as necessary and GPs usually assign the Read codes themselves during the course of their consultations.
Incompleteness of data may have been a problem in the DELPHI study also because FPs were asked to code all problems presenting for care at each encounter and they may have left out some conditions of multi-morbid patients due to coding fatigue; perhaps the first and second conditions may have been coded, but the third, fourth and fifth conditions may have been missed.
In a letter to the CEO of Universities UK, Nicola Dandridge, the taskforce has been asked to develop a code of practice for universities to follow, and to encourage institutions to ensure that the right links are in place with existing local activity, including through the Home Office's violence against women and girls strategy.
In China, Apple has been asked to hand over its source code but the company refused, according to Apple's top lawyer.
Teachers were asked to sign Code.org's petition to get computer programming classes on the curriculum in their schools; engineers to volunteer their time to help teach kids their skills; and parents to get their children started with simple lessons on Code.org's website or in local schools nearby that teach programming.
The study was a prospective international multicentre feasibility study, in which each participating institution was asked to collect and code up to 50 consecutively hospitalised trauma patients during the study period.
