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Old 03-25-2005, 11:28 PM
IsaacW IsaacW is offline
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Default Re: \"How many hands do I need to play...\"

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What are the limitations on this formula?

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The formula as shown needs the true SD to be accurate. We do not have that information, but we do have the sample SD (the number that PT reports). When using the sample SD, you need to use something called the t-distribution to find confidence intervals that are wide enough. Using the normal distribution will result in smaller confidence intervals than the true values for small samples.

Information about the t-distribution.
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