Standard practice is to assume a CV of .50 for homogenous programs (such as residential programs).

Usable once revised. A reviewer wants the wording tightened first.

Status

• Review verdict: revise
• Reusable as written: no
• Issues found: client_specific, unverified_number
• Reviewer note: Contains specific statistical calculations and assumptions (CV, sample size) that may not apply to all contexts. Requires verification or generalization to be safely reusable.

Text

Standard practice is to assume a CV of .50 for homogenous programs (such as residential programs). In this instance, the required sample for 90/10 is (1.645 * .5/.1)2 = 68. For programs with limited participation, this sample is adjusted as follows:

Applicability

• Section: personnel_bio
• Scope: mixed_context
• Observed documents: 3
• Years: 2024 to 2026
• Issuers: MISSING
• Program types: low_income;small_business
• Jurisdictions: Pennsylvania

Sources

• [F015532, paragraph:287]
• [F015668, paragraph:147]
• [F017616, paragraph:309]