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Table 1 Definition of agreement and disagreement among panellists for different panel sizes

From: Assessment of the appropriateness of the i-CONSENT guidelines recommendations for improving understanding of the informed consent process in clinical studies

Panel size

Disagreement

Agreement

 

Number of panellists rating at each extreme (1–3 and 7–9)

Number of panellists rating outside the 3-point region containing the median (1–3; 4–6; 7–9)

From 8 to 10

3 or more

2 or less

From 11 to13

4 or more

3 or less

From 14 to 16

5 or more

4 or less

  1. Source “The RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method User's Manual” [10]