Title: Statistical Approaches to Determining Sample Sizes
Abstract: Abstract Researchers who plan to draw inferences about the population from a random sample, must first determine how many members of the population should be sampled. To determine this, the researcher must specify the desired precision of the sample estimate, and confidence level associated with this estimate. If the purpose of the random sample is to test a hypothesis, the researcher must specify the desired statistical power for the test, as well as the acceptable risk of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true (type I error). This essay explains how to determine the sample size for these two types of study.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-09-30
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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