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Graphical and Tabular Aids for Determining Sample Size When Planning Experiments Which Involve Comparisons of Percentages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Frances Swineford
Frances Swineford*
Affiliation:
The University of Chicago
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Abstract

When one knows in advance the minimum percentage difference which will be of practical interest in an investigation, principles of economy suggest the desirability of an accurate estimate of the size of the sample to be used. Charts are presented which eliminate any computation where the two groups involved are to be equal. A table is included for the case where one group will be from one to three times the size of the other. The charts are also useful for determining whether or not obtained differences are statistically significant at the 5 per cent or the 1 per cent level.

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Original Paper
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Psychometrika , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , March 1946 , pp. 43 - 49
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Copyright © 1946 The Psychometric Society

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References

* For a comprehensive list of such references see Donald W. Fiske and Jack W. Dunlap. A graphical test for the significance of differences between frequencies from different samples. Psychometrika, 1945, 10, 225-29.