To gather more information about these critical but usually overlooked contributions to uncertainty, and, simultaneously, to query a broader sample of respondents, a survey method was designed to exploit the possibilities of electronic communication based on the World Wide Web.
Thus, an assessment of the effectiveness of an intervention incorporating norms with a broader sample of respondents (e.g., males, adolescents) is particularly important.
Through the analyses we have conducted we have shown that we have a broad sample of ages and MS durations and that our respondents are reasonably representative of the prevalent MS population.
A priori judgment was that 100 respondents would ensure a broad sampling of the qualitative data.
As previously seen in Table 2 the final sample of respondents included a broad range of stakeholders with relevant experiences and understanding of breast cancer control, including physicians, surgeons, hospital managers, academics, researchers, nurses, policy makers, and patient advocates.
The main concern is that the sample of respondents was self-selected, and may not represent fairly the broader community of patient safety and healthcare quality professionals.
The sample of respondents reflected the demographic makeup of the three groups in the United States population, Mr. Bendixen said.
