They need to be able to study data sets for trends, categorize and judge the validity of data and the methodology of data collection, and have a drive to understand the problems behind the development of models to test hypotheses.
The available production data, and the methodology of using physical production indicators, turned out to be less problematic.
The third section describes the data and the methodology of the study.
Abstracts were excluded because they do not provide sufficient data to evaluate the methodology of the trial and/or to perform meta-analysis.
The top-down framework is SFL-based while the bottom-up data are collected through the methodology of eye tracking.
Data from semi-structured interviews will be analysed using a grounded theory approach [ 34] where theories are generated from data; this will follow the methodology of a recent study conducted by one of the applicants [ 35].
Studies that assessed the accuracy by means of individual patient data were excluded as the methodology of such studies differs from those of meta-analyses on a study level.
Conservative think tanks have produced scores of studies that try to discredit the data, the methodology and, not least, the motives of those who report the obvious.
Several methodologies for the synthesis of qualitative research exist [ 20].To analysis the data, the methodology was based on the methods of thematic synthesis reported by Thomas and Harden and using the Framework methods of qualitative data management [ 21- 23].
Also, the study should have employed two data abstractors, rather than one, to confirm the methodology of the data collection process.
