sample size

Dear Forum, I am stuck on a sample size estimation question. I looked at the FAQs and the previous questions but I do not think the answers there apply to my scenario (correct me if I am mistaken). Imagine I want to produce apple pies. My pie only tastes good if the apples have an acid content...

Hi There, I would need some guidelines for creating a statistical, probabilistic model for a business problem I'm dealing with. Here is the problem: I have a website that connects tourists to tour guides. When a new inquiry comes, a tour guide is assigned (today quasi randomly) to the...

I really need some help here seeing if I can get this right. I seem to come up with something different every time. I am testing the hypothesis that there is no difference in the timing of removing chest tubes to the development of significant pleural effusions after surgery requiring drainage...

Dear reader, I would like to conduct a clinical study in which I compare 2 treatments. The goal is to determine which one cures the lesion faster. There are currently no studies comparing these two treatments head to head but there are studies comparing them to placebo. According to the...

Hello, I am undertaking a study looking at patients with AF (a heart rhythm disorder). I'm looking at how continuous baseline variable (X) predicts a improvement (a continuous measure of function) (Y) after a discrete treatment. I plan on using regressional analysis after collecting the before...

I am having difficulty understanding how to interpret effect size f(V) on GPower for a priori sample size calculation for ANOVA repeated-measures, within-between interaction. I am conducting an a priori power analysis to calculate sample size for ANOVA repeated measures, within-between...

Dear Forum, I encountered an employee satisfaction survey report which sampled 50,000 employees (try not to laugh, that's a sample not the population). The authors reported % agreement based on Likert scales, which is not great, but ok, and compared said "scores" to a normative benchmark (for...

Hi I am currently trying to determine a suitable sample size to detect AT LEAST a 2% increase in high levels of life satisfaction. The survey is on wellbeing and is made up of 10 scale questions (0-10) and 1 open-ended question. The current sample size I have determined is around 8571 (80%...

I'm a newby to the forum, thanks in advance for your help. I'm planning to test some parts but because of all the replicates I can only afford to test 6 parts. The success criteria is after accelerated aging and chemical treatment the destructive pull force of the materials must not be less...

Hi all, I am conducting an event study, analyzing how social media posts are affecting stock prices. Is it statistically allowed to have a different number of observations per event window? E.g. to have in event window [0;1] 120 observations for which the abnormal returns are analyzed...

Dear all, I was asked to estimate the minimum sample size to set up a RCT comparing a standard dose technique to detect recurrence of disease vs low-dose technique. It seemed to be reasonably to me to think about differences in sensitivity and to suggest a noninferiority trial comparing the...

I am going to conduct a study in which I'm going to analyse the mathematical performance of indigenous students in school A and will be compared to non-indigenous students in public-urban (school B), private-urban (school C), public-rural (school D) and private-rural (school E) schools to...

Hi All, I've been reading threads off and on for a couple days, and I can't get a good feel for how to answer this question I've got stuck in my head. I'm sure the answer is in here, but I'm an engineer, not a statistician, so I can't make the leap to apply the posts I've read to the...

I have data from 200 similar studies, all measuring the same effect of a continuous independent variable on the same continuous response. I say similar because the designs are different (split plot vs. rcbd) and the levels of the independent variable is not the same across all studies. I have...

Hi everyone, I am studying a university level stats course at the moment and I have been given some excerises to take home that I am struggling with. I am asked to calculate sample size for a hypothesis that requires an 90% probability of detecting a difference at a significance threshold of...

Hello! I have to estimate the uncertainty of the result of a survey where there sample size was defined to have an uncertainty of 2.76%, based on p a p value of 0.5. The 2.76% error is calculated assuming a 50% population proportion, which is a worst case scenario assumption: size...

hello, my study is about "The impact of corporate governance on firm performance". my sample size is 5 compagnies i have 6 IV and 1 DV so my Q is, could i use regerssion analysis with such small sample size? if no, what is the best alternative to choose? thanks in advance

Hi! I need help with my dissertation regarding sample size calculation. I will be grateful if anybody can help me out with this... My study involves two aspects... 1. Comparison of a quantitative variable - between cases and controls 2. The cases are further classified into four...

Dear all, so far I couldn´t find a solution to calculate the required sample size for the following scenario: Goal: Research continuous variables (cost perceptions) of a population through one sample group. --> means of one group need to be significant for the entire population...

Hi all, I recently completed a study looking at hospital records over a 5 year period (fixed population of participants based on study period). We looked at 'blood transfusion' as a binary measure (didn't receive a transfusion = 0, did receive a transfusion = 1) between three groups...