Maximizing the Yield of Small Samples in Prevention Research: A Review of General Strategies and Best Practices.
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Hopkin, CR; Hoyle, RH; Gottfredson, NC
Published in: Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research
October 2015
The goal of this manuscript is to describe strategies for maximizing the yield of data from small samples in prevention research. We begin by discussing what "small" means as a description of sample size in prevention research. We then present a series of practical strategies for getting the most out of data when sample size is small and constrained. Our focus is the prototypic between-group test for intervention effects; however, we touch on the circumstance in which intervention effects are qualified by one or more moderators. We conclude by highlighting the potential usefulness of graphical methods when sample size is too small for inferential statistical methods.
Duke Scholars
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Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research
DOI
EISSN
1573-6695
ISSN
1389-4986
Publication Date
October 2015
Volume
16
Issue
7
Start / End Page
950 / 955
Related Subject Headings
- Substance Abuse
- Sample Size
- Preventive Health Services
- Health Services Research
- 5203 Clinical and health psychology
- 4206 Public health
- 1117 Public Health and Health Services
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Hopkin, C. R., Hoyle, R. H., & Gottfredson, N. C. (2015). Maximizing the Yield of Small Samples in Prevention Research: A Review of General Strategies and Best Practices. Prevention Science : The Official Journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 16(7), 950–955. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-014-0542-7
Hopkin, Cameron R., Rick H. Hoyle, and Nisha C. Gottfredson. “Maximizing the Yield of Small Samples in Prevention Research: A Review of General Strategies and Best Practices.” Prevention Science : The Official Journal of the Society for Prevention Research 16, no. 7 (October 2015): 950–55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-014-0542-7.
Hopkin CR, Hoyle RH, Gottfredson NC. Maximizing the Yield of Small Samples in Prevention Research: A Review of General Strategies and Best Practices. Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research. 2015 Oct;16(7):950–5.
Hopkin, Cameron R., et al. “Maximizing the Yield of Small Samples in Prevention Research: A Review of General Strategies and Best Practices.” Prevention Science : The Official Journal of the Society for Prevention Research, vol. 16, no. 7, Oct. 2015, pp. 950–55. Epmc, doi:10.1007/s11121-014-0542-7.
Hopkin CR, Hoyle RH, Gottfredson NC. Maximizing the Yield of Small Samples in Prevention Research: A Review of General Strategies and Best Practices. Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research. 2015 Oct;16(7):950–955.
Published In
Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research
DOI
EISSN
1573-6695
ISSN
1389-4986
Publication Date
October 2015
Volume
16
Issue
7
Start / End Page
950 / 955
Related Subject Headings
- Substance Abuse
- Sample Size
- Preventive Health Services
- Health Services Research
- 5203 Clinical and health psychology
- 4206 Public health
- 1117 Public Health and Health Services