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Solvins Formula
Solvins Formula
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aD.Asi
mpen
NCM111/
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1.Whati
ssl
ovi
nsf
ormul
a?
Whensampl i
ngapopul at
ion,thesl ov
insf ormulaisusedt odeterminet he
appropri
at esampl esi
ze(n) ,t
hegivenpopul at
ionsize(N),andamar gi nof
error(e)t oachieveacertainconfi
dencei nt
erval
.Slovi
n'sformul
aal l
owsa
resear
chert osampl et
hepopul at
ionwi t
ht hedesiredlev
elofaccuracy
, which
i
sespeci al
lyusefulwhent herei
si nsuff
icientinf
ormationaboutpopul ati
on
behaviors.
2.Whent
ousesl
ovi
nsf
ormul
a?
3.
Howt
ousesl
ovi
nsf
ormul
aif
,N=800ande=0.
04?
n=Numberofsampl
es
N=Tot
alPopul
ati
on
e=Er
roroft
oler
ance(
mar
ginofer
ror
)
For
mul
a:n=N/
(1+Ne2)
n=800/(
1+800*
0.042)
n=800/(
1+800*
0.0016)
n=800/(
1+1.
28)
n=800/
2.28
n=350.
877or351
4.
Whati
sit
sadv
ant
agesanddi
sadv
ant
ages?(
giv
e5r
easonseach)
Adv
ant
age
Ti
mesav
er
Hel
pst
her
esear
chert
ocal
cul
ateal
argersi
zeofpopul
ati
on.
Sav
esMoney
Hel
pst
omi
nimi
zet
het
roubl
eofdi
stur
bingsomeone’
swor
k.
Ithel
psar esear
cherdet
ermi
nehow bigofsampl
esi
zet
ouseand
easi
lydet
erminet
hepopul
ati
onbehav
ior
.
Di
sadv
ant
age
Notef
fect
ivef
orasmal
l
ersi
zepopul
ati
on.
I
tisi
mpossibl
etoesti
matestati
sti
calpower(
whichtel
lsyouhowl
i
kel
y
y
ourstudydi
sti
ngui
shesanactualeff
ectfr
om oneofchance)
Lackofpr
eci
si
on.
I
t’
suncl
earfr
om anyref
erencetext
sexact
lywhatt
he“
err
ort
oler
ance”
i
s(amean,orper
hapsaproport
ion?
Nobodyseemstoknow whoSl ov
ini
sori
fheev
erexi
stedt
hat
'swhy
t
heformulai
sn'
twi
delyaccept
ed.