Sample size and significance - Somewhere between statistical power and judgment prostration

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-13

  Watała, Cezary ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Hypothesis testing; Sample size; Statistical power; Statistical significance

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 34247360418     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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