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statpsych (version 2.0.0)

size.ci.prop: Sample size for a proportion confidence interval

Description

Computes the sample size required to estimate a population proportion with desired confidence interval precision. Set the proportion planning value to .5 for a conservatively large sample size.

For more details, see Section 1.14 of Bonett (2021, Volume 3)

Usage

size.ci.prop(alpha, p, w)

Value

Returns the required sample size

Arguments

alpha

alpha level for 1-alpha confidence

p

planning value of proportion

w

desired confidence interval width

References

Bonett2021statpsych

Examples

Run this code
size.ci.prop(.05, .5, .1)

# Should return:
# Sample size
#         385


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