... ‘Apples and oranges’ Sampling error log Response ratio Standardised mean difference Australian Research Council http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000923 DP210101152 DP200100367 DE180100202 University of New South Wales http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001773...

... a departure of about 10, thus relative error=10%. But if =1 million, you would be likely to find a departure of about 1000, thus relative error=1/10%.’ This kind of sampling error has been discussed more recently by others ( Kærn et al., 2005 ; Thattai and van Oudenaarden, 2001 ). Another way to examine...