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Mesh term Sample Size

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Epidemiologic Research Design
Research Design

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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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Numbers Needed To Treat


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