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Determining sample size : balancing power, precision, and practicality /

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This text describes the following available approaches for estimating sample size in social work research and discusses their strengths and weaknesses: power analysis; heuristics or rules-of-thumb; confidence intervals; computer-intensive strategies; and ethical and cost considerations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dattalo, Patrick (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Series:Pocket guides to social work research methods.
Subjects:
Sampling (Statistics)
Social sciences > Statistical methods.
Social surveys > Methodology.
Échantillonnage (Statistique)
Sciences sociales > Méthodes statistiques.
Enquêtes sociales > Méthodologie.
MATHEMATICS > Probability & Statistics > General.
Social sciences > Statistical methods
Social surveys > Methodology
Onderzoeksmethoden.
Steekproeven.
Electronic books.
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This text describes the following available approaches for estimating sample size in social work research and discusses their strengths and weaknesses: power analysis; heuristics or rules-of-thumb; confidence intervals; computer-intensive strategies; and ethical and cost considerations.
Physical Description:1 online resource (167 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-161) and index.
ISBN:9780198043089
0198043082
9780199865475
0199865477
9786611374747
6611374744