- The document discusses factors to consider when determining sample size, such as objectives, sampling design, required accuracy, population variability, and practical constraints.
- It provides formulas for calculating sample sizes for different study designs, including simple random sampling, stratified sampling, and hypothesis testing of one or two proportions/means.
- An example calculates the needed sample size of 152 people in each group to test the hypothesis that drug A affects blood pressure, based on parameters from a pilot study.