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) |