A simple method to assess and report thematic saturation in qualitative research

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About the Authors

Greg Guest

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Q42 Research, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Emily Namey

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Health, Population, and Nutrition, FHI 360, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Mario Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Health, Population, and Nutrition, FHI 360, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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