1Department of Chemistry, University of Girona, 17003-Girona, Spain
World Journal of Chemical Education.
2016,
Vol. 4 No. 2, 45-48
DOI: 10.12691/wjce-4-2-3
Copyright © 2016 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Juan M. Sanchez. An Exercise in Sampling: The Effect of Sample Size and Number of Samples on Sampling Error.
World Journal of Chemical Education. 2016; 4(2):45-48. doi: 10.12691/wjce-4-2-3.
Correspondence to: Juan M. Sanchez, Department of Chemistry, University of Girona, 17003-Girona, Spain. Email:
juanma.sanchez@udg.eduAbstract
A simple and fast exercise is outlined to show science students the importance of determining the size of a sample and also the quantity of sample in order to minimize sampling error and improve accuracy, and to achieve a desired error.
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