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Hi there
Happy Friday everyone
Can someone help me please? I'm trying to calculate a sample size value from a dataset. For example below
My overall total count is 24074
I want a 95% confidence
margin of error of 3%
I know my end figure should be 1022. (I used survey monkey site to get this figure) But for the life of me I dont know how to replicate this figure in DAX so I don't need to hard code it in and change it every time my main fogure of 24074 increases or decreases.
Done anyone know how to create this i DAX please...... I'm stumped
Many thanks
Karen
Solved! Go to Solution.
Sample Size Required =
VAR N = COUNTROWS( 'YourTable' )
VAR Z = 1.96
VAR p = 0.5
VAR E = 0.03
VAR n0 = ( Z * Z * p * (1 - p ) ) / ( E * E )
VAR nCorr = ( N * n0 ) / ( N + n0 - 1 )
RETURN
ROUNDUP( nCorr, 0 )
Here's the DAX for the sample size calculation:
Replace 24074 with COUNTROWS(YourTable) to make it dynamic. This will give you ~1022.
Sample Size Required =
VAR N = COUNTROWS( 'YourTable' )
VAR Z = 1.96
VAR p = 0.5
VAR E = 0.03
VAR n0 = ( Z * Z * p * (1 - p ) ) / ( E * E )
VAR nCorr = ( N * n0 ) / ( N + n0 - 1 )
RETURN
ROUNDUP( nCorr, 0 )
You are a genius, thank you so much. This is ace
Have a fabulous weekend, you've made me very happy
Kind regards
Karen
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