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RE: st: RE: estimate 95%CIs of the mean for different sample sizes
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Miranda Kim <[email protected]>
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RE: st: RE: estimate 95%CIs of the mean for different sample sizes
Date
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:34:36 +0100
Thanks Nick.
I had in mind something like bootstrap originally, but am not sure what method is most appropriate in this case. The purpose is to see what precision is obtained for different sample sizes.
Best wishes,
Miranda
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> Subject: st: RE: estimate 95%CIs of the mean for different sample sizes
> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:11:26 +0100
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> -cii-
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> Nick
> [email protected]
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> Miranda Kim
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> I have data for a sample of 300 which is approximately normally
> distributed (slightly skewed). I would like to derive 95% confidence
> intervals around the estimate of the mean for sample sizes of 50, 80,
> 100, 150, and 400.
> Does anyone have any suggestions what command I can use to do this?
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