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Table 3 Sample size determination

From: Sample size used to validate a scale: a review of publications on newly-developed patient reported outcomes measures

n = 114

  

Sample size included

Mean (SD); Median; range

509 (1094); 207; [24; 7906]

Subject to item ratio

Mean (SD); Median; range

28 (67); 10; [1; 527]

A priori determination of the required sample size

Yes

9.6% (11)

Justification a posteriori

4.4% (5)

No

86.0% (98)

  1. Standard deviation (SD).