estimating
Message posted by paul on May 8, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

i am trying to figure out a formula that will allow me to estimate how many records (say 50,000 or 100,000) would need to be audited in order to insure varios levels of confidence (90%, 95%). Any sugggestions?

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Re: estimating
Message posted by Doug Balson on May 17, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

N= smaple size
P= .5
Z= 1.96 (for 95%confidence)
E= wanted error level ie. 2%, 5%

This should do it.. change the variables to caculate what you need.