What do you consider an adequate volume of patients from underserved racial or ethnic populations? What is an adequate volume of patients with the condition addressed by intervention?
There is no single answer to these questions because it will vary depending on the details of the intervention proposed for evaluation, the specific research questions the applicant wishes to answer and, in the case of some quantitative research, other considerations such as the number of hypotheses being tested. The main consideration about volume is whether the applicant organization has enough patients in their target population(s) to answer the research questions they propose. Because we do not advise applicants on project design, it is important for applicants to work with evaluators, statisticians, or other appropriate researchers to address questions about their overall proposal design, whether they have enough patients in their target population(s) to collect the necessary data, their data collection procedures and plans for analyses. By addressing these types of questions with a qualified researcher, evaluator or statistician, applicants should then be able to determine if the
