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Old 07-12-2010, 01:41 PM   #80
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Originally Posted by tompe View Post
Yes, of course. But depending on what you are studying and the result a smaller sample size can give statistical significant result. I read the comments about sample size in this thread as a disbelief that a small sample size ever could be statistical significant. And since that is a common error to believe that I just wanted to point that out.
Yes, but the page you linked to suggested 10% of the total population you wish to generalize to, with at least 30 participants. The sample size doesn't hold up as a quantitative study. It's quite good for a qualitative study, but then it would be inappropriate to be reporting numbers and significance tests.
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