Scoping and the determination of a fishery management area were completed through stakeholder consultations using a combination of interviewer-administered questionnaires, interviews, meetings, dolphin distribution data and existing management plans.
A combination of interviewer-based and self-report measures will be administered pre-randomization and at approximately 4 months post-randomization, 9 months post-randomization, and 15 months post-randomization.
Questions allowed for a combination of staff-reported and interviewer-observed information, excluding exit interviews or case management observation.
Scores are standardized (mean = 100, standard dev. = 15) and based on a combination of maternal responses and interviewer observations.
At the baseline examination, a combination of self-administered and interviewer-administered questionnaires were used to collect information on demographics, education, medication use, smoking history, and physical activity.
Participant: "No, there wouldn't be a difference" To a similar line of questioning, another participant had the following response (a combination of TM1 and TM2): Interviewer: Would you be concerned that they are more concerned with the research they're doing rather than providing individualized care?" Participant: " No, because the goal of research is to make people better.
Training of interviewers involves them observing trained interviewers conducting interviews and then undertaking supervised interviews themselves.
Most large-scale population-based studies have used telephone interview by lay interviewers, a self-administrated questionnaire, or a combination of a screening questionnaire and an interview by a physician [10, 11].
To reduce recall bias, the interviewers used a combination of name and location generators, or standard prompts, and recent time-frames to help participants recall contacts.
The interviewer used a combination of open questions to elicit free responses, and focused questions for probing and prompting.
