On sample size and precision in ordinary least squares

Alvaro Montenegro

Journal of Applied Statistics, 2001, vol. 28, issue 5, 603-605

Abstract: An expression relating estimation precision in the classical linear model to the number of parameters k and the sample size n is illustrated. A rule of thumb for the sample size is suggested.

Date: 2001
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