Sample size calculators (Going beyond simple sample size calculations: a practitioner's guide)

Published on 28 September 2015

These sheets provide sample size calculators to accompany the IFS working paper WP15/17, "Going beyond simple sample size calculations: a practitioner's guide".

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    Authors

    Marcos Vera Hernandez
    Marcos Vera-Hernandez

    Research Fellow University College London

    Marcos is a Research Fellow at IFS, an Affiliate at the Rural Education Action Program and a Professor of Economics at the University College London.

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    Institute for Fiscal Studies

    Suggested citation

    McConnell, B and Vera-Hernandez, M. (2015). Sample size calculators (Going beyond simple sample size calculations: a practitioner's guide). London: Institute for Fiscal Studies.

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