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Pilot Study Sample Size

Pilot Study Sample Size is the predetermined number of participants or observations selected for a preliminary investigation to inform the design and sample size estimation of a subsequent main study.

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Sample size of 12 per group rule of thumb for a pilot study

Steven A. Julious · Pharmaceutical Statistics · 2005 · 3.1K citations

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Design and analysis of pilot studies: recommendations for good practice

Gillian Lancaster, Susanna Dodd, Paula Williamson · Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice · 2004 · 2.7K citations

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A Pilot Study and Randomized Controlled Trial of the Mindful Self‐Compassion Program

Kristin D. Neff, Christopher K. Germer · Journal of Clinical Psychology · 2012 · 2.2K citations

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Estimating the sample size for a pilot randomised trial to minimise the overall trial sample size for the external pilot and main trial for a continuous outcome variable

Amy Whitehead, Steven A. Julious, Cindy Cooper et al. · Statistical Methods in Medical Research · 2015 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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A Scale for the Assessment of Hedonic Tone the Snaith–Hamilton Pleasure Scale

R. P. Snaith, M. Hamilton, Stephen Morley et al. · The British Journal of Psychiatry · 1995 · 1.8K citations

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    Mark D. Griffiths

    Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

    14 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. BA
    Brent A. Bauer

    Mayo Clinic, United States

    11 publications · 577 citations

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  3. TF
    Tim Friede

    Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Germany

    10 publications · 490 citations

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    Kristiane Van Lierde

    Ghent University Hospital, Belgium

    10 publications · 268 citations

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  5. CW
    Christopher W. Kahler

    Brown University, United States

    10 publications · 954 citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    49 h-index

    463 publications

    32.1K citations

  2. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    45 h-index

    273 publications

    17.7K citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    42 h-index

    235 publications

    19.8K citations

  4. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    41 h-index

    281 publications

    14K citations

  5. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    37 h-index

    178 publications

    10.4K citations

  6. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    36 h-index

    259 publications

    19.1K citations

  7. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    36 h-index

    237 publications

    11.7K citations

  8. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    36 h-index

    192 publications

    12.9K citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 562 publications · 20.2K citations

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  2. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

    40 publications · 3.4K citations

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  3. The Journal of Sexual Medicine

    44 publications · 2.4K citations

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  4. Supportive Care in Cancer

    50 publications · 2.5K citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    58 publications · 2.8K citations

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