Realism and robustness require increased sample size when studying both sexes

Szymon M Drobniak, Malgorzata Lagisz, Yefeng Yang and Shinichi Nakagawa

PLOS Biology, 2024, vol. 22, issue 4, 1-6

Abstract: A recent article claimed that researchers need not increase the overall sample size for a study that includes both sexes. This Formal Comment points out that that study assumed two sexes to have the same variance, and explains why this is a unrealistic assumption.

Date: 2024
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