Effect of Small Samples on Statistical Constants (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Taylor, Ward Hastings

 
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Just how large a population of variates is necessary in order that a given formula may be applicable has not yet been determined. It has been customary to check up by common sense a very commendable procedure at all times-but often the intri cacies of the situation make that impossible. The problem is one which can be solved only by an examination of the effect which is inherent in the formulae. Most of the formulae used were intended to be applied to cases involving large numbers - for the sake of definiteness let us say a thousand or more. Many investigations involve less than a hundred variates. What effect does this have upon the accuracy of the results obtained?

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