Sample size matters: A guide for urologists

Understanding sample size calculation is vitally important for planning and conducting clinical research, and critically appraising literature. The purpose of this paper is to present basic statistical concepts and tenets of study design pertaining to calculation of requisite sample size. This paper...

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Autores principales: Hinh, Peter, Canfield, Steven E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3263221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22279319
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-1591.91442
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spelling pubmed-32632212012-01-25 Sample size matters: A guide for urologists Hinh, Peter Canfield, Steven E. Indian J Urol Symposium Understanding sample size calculation is vitally important for planning and conducting clinical research, and critically appraising literature. The purpose of this paper is to present basic statistical concepts and tenets of study design pertaining to calculation of requisite sample size. This paper also discusses the significance of sample size calculation in the context of ethical considerations. Scenarios applicable to urology are utilized in presenting concepts. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3263221/ /pubmed/22279319 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-1591.91442 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Urology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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