Skip to main content
Search type Search syntax
Tags [tag]
Exact "words here"
Author user:1234
user:me (yours)
Score score:3 (3+)
score:0 (none)
Answers answers:3 (3+)
answers:0 (none)
isaccepted:yes
hasaccepted:no
inquestion:1234
Views views:250
Code code:"if (foo != bar)"
Sections title:apples
body:"apples oranges"
URL url:"*.example.com"
Saves in:saves
Status closed:yes
duplicate:no
migrated:no
wiki:no
Types is:question
is:answer
Exclude -[tag]
-apples
For more details on advanced search visit our help page
Results tagged with
Search options not deleted user 6520

This tag is ambiguous. Use it when the question is about sample size and NONE of the following are more appropriate: [small-sample], [large-data], [statistical-power], [underdetermined], or [unbalanced-classes].

6 votes

Can I trust a significant result of a t-test if the sample size is small?

The main thing you need to worry about is the power of your test. In particular, you might want to do a post-hoc power analysis to determine how likely you are, given your sample size, to identify a t …
Patrick B.'s user avatar