Optimum sample size to detect perturbation effects: The importance of statistical power analysis - A critique

Marine Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-9

  Ortiz, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Effect size; Optimum sample size; Precautionary principle; Statistical power analysis; Type I ( ) and II ( ) errors; Variability

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036092731     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.2002.02735.x     Document Type: Article

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