The Essentials of Biostatistics for Physicians, Nurses, and Clinicians

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2.6 Exercises 33


  1. Why would a convenience sample of the elderly on vacation in Hawaii
    probably not be representative of the elderly in retirement homes?

  2. What role does the sample size play in the accuracy of a statistical
    inference?

  3. Why is the choice of the design for the sample more critical than the size
    of the sample?

  4. Why is bias more important than variance in research?

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