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Table 4 Sample sizes for a main study according to a range of effects

From: Feasibility of a randomized single-blind crossover trial to assess the effects of the second-generation slow-release dopamine agonists pramipexole and ropinirole on cued recall memory in idiopathic mild or moderate Parkinson’s disease without cognitive impairment

Sample size

Mean difference

Standardized effect: mean difference/(SD/√2)

25

0.176

0.958

50

0.122

0.662

75

0.099

0.536

100

0.085

0.463

125

0.076

0.413

150

0.069

0.377

175

0.064

0.348

200

0.060

0.326

225

0.056

0.307

250

0.054

0.291

275

0.051

0.277

300

0.049

0.266

  1. SD standard deviation