[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1356 App C]

[Page 341-342]

                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

PART 1356_REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO TITLE IV-E

Sec. Appendix C to Part 1356--Calculating Sample Size for NYTD Follow-Up
                               Populations

                  1. Using Finite Population Correction

    The Finite Population Correction (FPC) is applied when the sample is
drawn from a population of one to 5,000 youth, because the sample is
more than five percent of the population.

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     (Py)(Pn), an estimate of the percent of responses
to a dichotomous variable, is (.50)(.50) for the most conservative
estimate.

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     Acceptable level of error = .05 (results are plus
or minus five percentage points from the actual score)
     Z = 1.645 (90 percent confidence interval)

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     N = number of youth from whom the sample is being
drawn

                2. Not Using Finite Population Correction

    The FPC is not applied when the sample is drawn from a population of
over 5,000 youth.

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[73 FR 10372, Feb. 26, 2008]