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Sample Size(Topical Term)
Used for/see from:
- n: Sample Sizes
- n: Size, Sample
- n: Sizes, Sample
usually NIM with specific population or circumstances sampled (IM); not restricted to epidemiology
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)
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