Abstract
Given the general difficulty of working out an exact answer or a good approximation algebraically, it would be useful to have an alternative approach that is simple to use to estimate the sample size of study planning. With the speed of modern computers it is now feasible to replace approximations with algorithm methods. The method that we introduce in this article is an extremely powerful tool that is used internally by a computer program to calculate the sample sizes of various tests.
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