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Determining Sample Size: Balancing Power, Precision, and Practicality.
by Dattalo, Patrick
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- ISBN 10
- 0195315499
- ISBN 13
- 9780195315493
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2008. Paperback small octavo, as new condition, figures, tables. 167 pp. A researcher's decision about sample size for a study has a big impact on the results, and it rests on numerous statistical and practical factors that can be difficult to assess. This pocket guide by Patrick Dattalo shows social work students, educators, and researchers how to prevent the mistakes that result from a wrong sample size decision by describing and critiquing four main approaches to determining sample size. Covers statistical power analysis, confidence intervals, computer-intensive strategies, and ethical and cost considerations, as well as emerging statistical strategies such as structural equation modeling, multilevel analysis, and repeated measures MANOVA.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17519
- Title
- Determining Sample Size: Balancing Power, Precision, and Practicality.
- Author
- Dattalo, Patrick
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0195315499
- ISBN 13
- 9780195315493
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- research methods, measurement, statistics
- Bookseller catalogs
- RESEARCH & STATISTICS;
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...