The report, she said, "consists largely of opinions, speculation, hearsay and predetermined conclusions not supported by the weight of the evidence".
When using CBCA, standardized criteria for evaluating good quality of care are predetermined, usually with medical literature and expert opinion, and then compared against data extracted from medical records to evaluate whether or not a minimal standard of care has been met [ 5, 14].
A qualitative method, as used in this study, aims to explore participants' opinions and experiences regarding a predetermined subject.
Another is the American "fatlash" movement (see article), whose members argue that obese is beautiful (a matter of opinion) and that weight is genetically predetermined, so nothing can be done about it (wrong).
I was aware of these vulnerabilities and had to be careful to explicitly validate opinions and choices, without forcing the interview down predetermined paths.
Second, we compared studies which used a dropout definition based on the opinion of therapists, with those that took the number of predetermined completed sessions as a criterion.
But what if, rather than attempting to gobble up all of the information and form an opinion on the raw, we were to go about it with predetermined and set-in-stone criteria in mind?
The interviews enabled the interviewer (first author) to explore the men's perceptions and allowed the opinions of the respondents to emerge freely in a pattern that was not predetermined by the interviewer [ 13].
In the opinions of the authors, the process of consecutively numbering treatment, according to the predetermined allocation sequence, is superior to other possible approaches e.g. colour-coding the test and control treatments, or labelling products with group identifier (e.g. A or B).
A critique of POEs is that they have focused on experiences and opinions of users with regard to buildings and functions rather than on evaluations of predetermined quality criteria using a validated instrument to measure the quality of the building design [ 47].
