Experimental Design

13/03/98


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Table of Contents

Experimental Design

What effects our ability to get a good result?

How do we assess an Estimator?

Sample Size

Sample size determination based on the confidence interval

Confidence Interval for Mean

Calculation of Sample Size

Example

Comment

Use of Statistical Power

Set of possible outcomes of a test

Possible errors

Statistical Power

Example

Determination of C

Determination of C

Decision Rule and Power

Calculation of Power

Shape of Power Function

What affects the power of a test?

Power expressed as a function of standardised error.

Determination of n

Example of Power plotted against ?1 for different n

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