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Maybe we should have some good metric showing how small the sample size is compared to the whole. And maybe make it a rule to add 'Approximation' in the title i
by profalseidol 8y ago
Maybe we should have some good metric showing how small the sample size is compared to the whole. And maybe make it a rule to add 'Approximation' in the title if it uses that.
- pimmen 8y agoPossible sources of skew is more interesting. Larger, skewed samples can be far worse than smaller, randomized ones.
- Fomite 8y agoThis is the source of a classic exam question given by Ken Rothman, an epidemiologist: As sample size goes up, the probability that an estimate's confidence interval contains the true value of an effect goes.. A) Up B) Down
- pimmen 8y agoThanks for the reference! Very interesting Twitter discussion that sparked. :)