Small Sample Size Criticism

Comments in this cluster overwhelmingly criticize the inadequacy of sample sizes in studies, surveys, or data analyses discussed in the thread, arguing they are too small for meaningful statistical conclusions or prone to bias.

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Sample Comments

gchpaco Dec 16, 2009 View on HN

Sample size is too small to make any real conclusions.

therein Oct 24, 2018 View on HN

Sample size way too small to conclude anything meaningful.

mwcampbell Jul 18, 2016 View on HN

I think the sample size may be too small to draw any general conclusions.

This wasn't run with a large enough sample size to be statistically valid.

api Jan 14, 2015 View on HN

Any sample size this small is open to sampling bias.

conradboyle May 10, 2011 View on HN

Do you know that the sample size was small?

mrdrozdov Jun 2, 2016 View on HN

I sense a serious sample size problem here.

umanwizard Feb 6, 2018 View on HN

The sample size isn't by itself enough to conclude much.

Would you mind sharing the statistical sample size? It's hard to talk about statistics without it.

AndrewWorsnop Dec 3, 2012 View on HN

That is a woefully low sample size...