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. 2008 May 2;5:6. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-6

Table 7.

Habila: decision rules, alpha and beta errors for the 33 × 6 and 67 × 3 designs for the 10%, 15%, and 20% GAM thresholds, using actual sample size available for analysis

Sampling design # of children with acute malnutrition in sample n (actual sample size) Decision rule (# of children with acute malnutrition) to reject Ho

10% GAM threshold 15% GAM threshold 20% GAM threshold
33 × 6 design 9 197 ≤ 13 (α = 0.06, β = 0.11) ≤ 23 (α = 0.11, β = 0.18) ≤ 33 (α = 0.14, β = 0.21)
67 × 3 design 16 199 ≤ 13 (α = 0.05, β = 0.12) ≤ 23 (α = 0.10, β = 0.19) ≤ 33 (α = 0.13, β = 0.23)