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Descriptor
English
:
Sample Size
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Tamaņo de la Muestra
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Tamanho da Amostra
Synonyms
English
:
Sample Sizes
Size, Sample
Sizes, Sample
Tree Number:
E05.318.370.762
E05.581.500.902
N05.715.360.325.692
N06.850.520.445.762
Definition
English
:
The number of units (
persons
,
animals
,
patients
, specified circumstances, etc.) in a
population
to be studied. The
sample size
should be big enough to have a high likelihood of detecting a true difference between two groups. (From Wassertheil-Smoller,
Biostatistics
and
Epidemiology
, 1990, p95)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
usually NIM with specific
population
or circumstances sampled (IM); not restricted to
epidemiology
History Note
English
:
95
Record Number:
32037
Unique Identifier:
D018401
Occurrence in VHL
:
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