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Current sample size conventions: Flaws, harms, and alternatives

BACKGROUND: The belief remains widespread that medical research studies must have statistical power of at least 80% in order to be scientifically sound, and peer reviewers often question whether power is high enough. DISCUSSION: This requirement and the methods for meeting it have severe flaws. Nota...

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Autor principal: Bacchetti, Peter
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2856520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20307281
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-8-17