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ggm
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Oxford University breakthrough on global COVID-19 ...
The statistical difference between 25,000 and 43,000 samples being... small. Basically, any effect visible at less than 2 in 40,000 might be missed by the 25,000 test.
Seriously, do you think this is a huge difference in quality of measurements?
tomarr
on Nov 23, 2020
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The bigger dependent will be the prevalence of COVID during the trial (time, location and population sensitive)
ggm
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Does that go to qualitative differences from a quantitative variance of half (or double, depending on what you focus on) sample size?
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Seriously, do you think this is a huge difference in quality of measurements?