 Sample Size
"Sample Size" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The number of units (persons, animals, patients, specified circumstances, etc.) in a population to be studied. The sample size should be big enough to have a high likelihood of detecting a true difference between two groups. (From Wassertheil-Smoller, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 1990, p95)
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D018401
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.780.762 E05.581.500.902 N05.715.360.780.692 N06.850.520.445.762
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| Concept/Terms |
Sample Size- Sample Size
- Sample Sizes
- Size, Sample
- Sizes, Sample
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| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sample Size" by people in Profiles.
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Macdonald RL, Jaja B, Cusimano MD, Etminan N, Hanggi D, Hasan D, Ilodigwe D, Lantigua H, Le Roux P, Lo B, Louffat-Olivares A, Mayer S, Molyneux A, Quinn A, Schweizer TA, Schenk T, Spears J, Todd M, Torner J, Vergouwen MD, Wong GK, Singh J. SAHIT Investigators--on the outcome of some subarachnoid hemorrhage clinical trials. Transl Stroke Res. 2013 Jun; 4(3):286-96.
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Tam VH, Kabbara S, Yeh RF, Leary RH. Impact of sample size on the performance of multiple-model pharmacokinetic simulations. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Nov; 50(11):3950-2.
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Wong GK, Poon WW. Re: Magnesium sulfate: role as possible attenuating factor in vasospasm morbidity (Prevedello DM et al. Surg Neurol 2006;65:S1:14-S1:21). Surg Neurol. 2006 Jul; 66(1):110; author reply 110-1.
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Renshaw AA. Minimal (< or =0.1 cm) invasive carcinoma in breast core needle biopsies. Incidence, sampling, associated findings, and follow-up. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2004 Sep; 128(9):996-9.
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Kidd JR, Pakstis AJ, Zhao H, Lu RB, Okonofua FE, Odunsi A, Grigorenko E, Tamir BB, Friedlaender J, Schulz LO, Parnas J, Kidd KK. Haplotypes and linkage disequilibrium at the phenylalanine hydroxylase locus, PAH, in a global representation of populations. Am J Hum Genet. 2000 Jun; 66(6):1882-99.
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Grigorenko EL, Wood FB, Meyer MS, Pauls DL. Chromosome 6p influences on different dyslexia-related cognitive processes: further confirmation. Am J Hum Genet. 2000 Feb; 66(2):715-23.
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