Journal article
Sample size determination for bibliographic retrieval studies
Abstract
BackgroundResearch for developing search strategies to retrieve high-quality clinical journal articles from MEDLINE is expensive and time-consuming. The objective of this study was to determine the minimal number of high-quality articles in a journal subset that would need to be hand-searched to update or create new MEDLINE search strategies for treatment, diagnosis, and prognosis studies.MethodsThe desired width of the 95% confidence intervals …
Authors
Yao X; Wilczynski NL; Walter SD; Haynes RB
Journal
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, Vol. 8, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2008
DOI
10.1186/1472-6947-8-43
ISSN
1472-6947