Attention-like processes in the Drosophila brain
2007/01/01 by Monique Hennink, Bonnie N. Kaiser, Bruno van Swinderen · 100 citations
Health Professions · Neuroscience · Social Sciences · #Health Policy Implementation Science #Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research #Qualitative Research Methods and Applications #Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
paper · doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114523
openalex publication_date 2007/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
Abstract
Despite varied research topics and approaches to assessing saturation, studies converged on a relatively consistent sample size for saturation for commonly used qualitative research methods. However, these findings apply to certain types of studies (e.g., those with homogenous study populations). These results provide strong empirical guidance on effective sample sizes for qualitative research, which can be used in conjunction with the characteristics of individual studies to estimate an appropriate sample size prior to data collection. This synthesis also provides an important resource for researchers, academic journals, journal reviewers, ethical review boards, and funding agencies to facilitate greater transparency in justifying and reporting sample sizes in qualitative research. Future empirical research is needed to explore how various parameters affect sample sizes for saturation.
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