The estimation of approximate sample size requirements necessary for clinical and epidemiological studies in vision sciences

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1589-1597

  Goodall, E A ^a   Moore, J ^b   Moore, T ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical difference; Ethics; Odds ratio; Ordinal data; Power; Sample size

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERROR; NULL HYPOTHESIS; POWER ANALYSIS; POWER OF A TEST; PROBABILITY; RANK SUM TEST; RISK; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISION;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 67749111673     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.105     Document Type: Article

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