A descriptive study of samples sizes used in agreement studies published in the PubMed repository.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A sample size justification is required for all studies and should give the minimum number of subjects to be recruited for the study to achieve its primary objective. The aim of this review is to describe sample sizes from agreement studies with continuous or categorical endpoints and different methods of assessing agreement, and to determine whether sample size justification was provided.

Methods

Data were gathered from the PubMed repository with a time interval of 28^th September 2018 to 28^th September 2020. The search returned 5257 studies of which 82 studies were eligible for final assessment after duplicates and ineligible studies were excluded.

Results

We observed a wide range of sample sizes. Forty-six studies (56%) used a cont

SUBMITTER: Han O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9487062 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature