{"id":84,"date":"2015-05-08T14:11:25","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T04:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.themeisle.com\/neve-themotion-bb\/?p=84"},"modified":"2020-01-09T19:42:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T08:42:44","slug":"sample-size-calculations-and-visualisations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/sample-size-calculations-and-visualisations\/","title":{"rendered":"Sample Size Calculations and Visualisations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blogg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dog-2691871_1920-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dog-2691871_1920-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dog-2691871_1920-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dog-2691871_1920-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dog-2691871_1920-1-930x620.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dog-2691871_1920-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Statulator<\/strong>&nbsp;is a free online statistical program that conducts statistical analyses, interprets the results and provides&nbsp;suggestions about reporting them. It can be accessed by clicking&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/statulator.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It includes a suite of sample size calculators for six scenarios: estimating a single proportion, comparing two independent proportions, comparing paired proportions, estimating a single mean, comparing two independent means and comparing paired means.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All sample size calculators provide live&nbsp;<strong>interpretations&nbsp;<\/strong>of the estimated&nbsp;sample sizes in plain English. The text could be adapted for describing the approach for&nbsp;sample size calculation in journal articles, theses or technical reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"583\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blogg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-01-at-3.50.11-pm-1024x583.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-01-at-3.50.11-pm-1024x583.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-01-at-3.50.11-pm-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-01-at-3.50.11-pm-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-01-at-3.50.11-pm.png 1195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All calculators have inbuilt&nbsp;<strong>visualizations<\/strong>&nbsp;that allow you to visualize the influence of changing input parameters on sample size estimates. These visualizations can be customized and downloaded as PDF files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"650\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blogg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-01-at-3.52.47-pm-1024x650.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-01-at-3.52.47-pm-1024x650.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-01-at-3.52.47-pm-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-01-at-3.52.47-pm-768x487.png 768w, https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-01-at-3.52.47-pm.png 1199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All sample size calculators also have facilities to create sample size tables for a range of input values which can be downloaded in Excel files at the click of a button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"604\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blogg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-01-at-3.51.09-pm-1024x604.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-01-at-3.51.09-pm-1024x604.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-01-at-3.51.09-pm-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-01-at-3.51.09-pm-768x453.png 768w, https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-01-at-3.51.09-pm.png 1182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sample size calculators for comparing independent means and proportions also have functions&nbsp;for conducting equivalence, superiority and non-inferiority trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the website for Statulator:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/statulator.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/statulator.com\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please feel free share it with your colleagues, friends and contacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: Adapted from the article originally published on LinkedIn on May 8, 2015: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/free-online-sample-size-calculations-visualizations-navneet-dhand\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/free-online-sample-size-calculations-visualizations-navneet-dhand\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statulator&nbsp;is a free online statistical program that conducts statistical analyses, interprets the results and provides&nbsp;suggestions about reporting them. It can be accessed by clicking&nbsp;here. It includes a suite of sample size calculators for six scenarios: estimating a single proportion, comparing two independent proportions, comparing paired proportions, estimating a single mean, comparing two independent means and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/sample-size-calculations-and-visualisations\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sample Size Calculations and Visualisations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":""},"categories":[30,20],"tags":[23,25,24,26],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":756,"href":"https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statulator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}