Timeline for How large sample $m$ is enough
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| Oct 18, 2020 at 5:32 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Oct 18, 2020 at 4:15 | comment | added | Iosif Pinelis | @RhastaShaman : I am sorry to have to say this, but even my previous detalization would not be needed even for a beginning researcher with a sufficient promise.This is not to offend, but rather to help you: if you continue having such difficulties with this answer (even with the secondary school algebra), perhaps you should consider another occupation, for your own good. | |
| Oct 17, 2020 at 20:11 | comment | added | Vincent | @RhastaShaman please note that Iosif and I are not the same person; do the edits Iosif made to the original answer answer your questions? | |
| Oct 16, 2020 at 13:29 | comment | added | Iosif Pinelis | @RhastaShaman : I have added the details you requested. | |
| Oct 16, 2020 at 11:57 | history | edited | Iosif Pinelis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 15, 2020 at 19:32 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Oct 14, 2020 at 21:00 | comment | added | Vincent | If you read the answer carefully you see that there is only one place where the ball itself (or its center) is used and that is in the definition of $p$. The number $p$ is the probability of any single point drawn from distribution $D$ to land in this ball. For balls at different location you might get a different actual value of $p$, but if you still call this the abstract letter $p$ (and write $q = 1 - p$) all of the answer stays the same. | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 14:53 | history | answered | Iosif Pinelis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |