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Risk Assessment

Guidance for Data Useability in Risk Assessment (Part A-11), Final, April, 1992

Appendix IV provides calculation formulas to enable responsible risk assessment personnel to determine the minimum number of samples necessary to meet statistical performance objectives.

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Guidance for Data Useability in Risk Assessment (Part A-11), Final, April, 1992 (PDF)(4 pp)
Appendix IV provides calculation formulas to enable responsible risk assessment personnel to determine the minimum number of samples necessary to meet statistical performance objectives.