Description
Return consultation response share on an eligible-invitee base.
Research ethics review involves evidence, participants, governance and context as well as record completeness. Role counts, disclosure presence and weighted criterion terms can organize supplied assertions; a complete checklist or numerical score does not itself determine ethical acceptability or valid authority.
Return consultation response share on an eligible-invitee base.
When to use this tool
Use Community Consultation Response Rate Denominator when checking the stated research-review record, role, disclosure or criterion convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter responses, invited, excluded. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read eligible, rate. Use the output convention below.
Return consultation response share on an eligible-invitee base. Require positive whole invited, excluded < invited and responses <= invited-excluded; eligible subtracts excluded, rate = responses/eligible.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| responses | Responses | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| invited | Invited | Required. Safe integer; minimum 1. |
| excluded | Excluded | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| eligible | Eligible | Required. Safe integer. |
| rate | Rate | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"responses": 30,
"invited": 50,
"excluded": 10
},
"output": {
"eligible": 40,
"rate": 0.75
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Exclusions and response records are supplied; participation rate alone does not establish representativeness or meaningful community consultation.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Review the original protocol, evidence and governance requirements with the responsible ethics body and qualified professionals for substantive decisions.
References
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