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Table 2 Number and percentage of ‘justifying’ articles and number of justifications stated by ‘justifying’ articles

From: Characterising and justifying sample size sufficiency in interview-based studies: systematic analysis of qualitative health research over a 15-year period

How many justifications were provided by the ‘justifying’ articles?

BMJ

BJHP

SHI

Total

 One justification

6

17

19

42 (70%)

 Two justifications

2

8

5

15 (25%)

 Three justifications

1

0

0

1 (1.7%)

 Four justifications

1

1

0

2 (3.3%)

Total N of ‘justifying’ articles

10

26

24

60

 (out of eligible articles)

(21)

(53)

(140)

(214)

% of ‘justifying’ articles

47.6

49.1

17.1

28