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Sample Size and Effective Sample Size, Clearly Explained!!!

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The sample size for an experiment depends on what you want to say and what kind of replicates you have. This StatQuest shows examples of how biological and technical replicates are counted differently. It also shows what to do when your samples are correlated. Oh, and just in case you’re interested, the twins are monozygotic.

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