An Exercise in Sampling: The Effect of Sample Size and Number of Samples on Sampling Error

Juan M. Sanchez^1,

¹Department of Chemistry, University of Girona, 17003-Girona, Spain

Cite this paper

Juan M. Sanchez. An Exercise in Sampling: The Effect of Sample Size and Number of Samples on Sampling Error. World Journal of Chemical Education. 2016; 4(2):45-48. doi: 10.12691/WJCE-4-2-3

Abstract

A simple and fast exercise is outlined to show science students the importance of determining the size of a sample and also the quantity of sample in order to minimize sampling error and improve accuracy, and to achieve a desired error.

Keywords

in the classroom, analytical chemistry, sampling, active learning

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