Abstract
Common conventions and expectations concerning sample size are deeply flawed, cause serious harm to the research process, and should be replaced by more rational alternatives.
Keywords
HarmSample size determinationMedicineSample (material)Value (mathematics)Process (computing)Power (physics)Risk analysis (engineering)Actuarial scienceComputer sciencePsychologySocial psychologyEconomicsStatistics
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Biomedical ResearchHumansSample SizeStatistics as Topic
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Publication Info
- Year
- 2010
- Type
- review
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 17-17
- Citations
- 208
- Access
- Closed
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Peter Bacchetti
(2010).
Current sample size conventions: Flaws, harms, and alternatives.
BMC Medicine
, 8
(1)
, 17-17.
https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-8-17
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1186/1741-7015-8-17
- PMID
- 20307281
- PMCID
- PMC2856520