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ZYZ64738yesterday at 7:44 PM4 repliesview on HN

Studies with fewer than 1,000 samples are not very meaningful.


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dhosekyesterday at 7:59 PM

Assuming your samples are not biased, 1000 subjects are generally far more than are necessary to demonstrate an effect. People who complain about sample size are generally not that well-educated in statistics.

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Maxataryesterday at 7:52 PM

A sample size of 198 as per this study is more than sufficient to draw pretty strong conclusions.

The issue is not the sample size, it's that studies like these almost always involve a very homogenous population of young college students.

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zapharyesterday at 8:09 PM

Also not replicated that I can see.

juniperusyesterday at 8:17 PM

except they can be