An academic study will accept as few as 30 for a survey. If the study is qualitative, i.e. relies on interviews the number can be as low as two or three. However, those to not make p<= .05 type conclusions.
It all depends. Not everything is objective, either.
Statistics are easily manipulated, as are the studies and observations. Big pharma pays for the results they want then post marketing is when the nasty shit comes out (like Vioxx and many others).
That’s why “the science” should always be in doubt.
Don’t even need that many, depending on what you’re studying…
It’s actually a strange sort of miracle how few observations you need in order to observe very powerful patterns in the world. But I digress…
An academic study will accept as few as 30 for a survey. If the study is qualitative, i.e. relies on interviews the number can be as low as two or three. However, those to not make p<= .05 type conclusions.
It all depends. Not everything is objective, either.
If I didn’t tell you this, I would be a bad person.
Fight me. You do realize I’ve been right about everything. Step the fuck back.
FYI: I am being attacked. Good thing I was born for this..
Statistics are easily manipulated, as are the studies and observations. Big pharma pays for the results they want then post marketing is when the nasty shit comes out (like Vioxx and many others).
That’s why “the science” should always be in doubt.
All the way to the top.