title: ICSH recommendations for the analysis of red cell, white cell and platelet size distribution curves. Methods for fitting a single reference distribution and assessing its goodness of fit. International Committee for Standardization in Haematology. ICSH Expert Panel on Cytometry.
abstract: The algorithm in Figure 7 summarizes the overall approach to fitting a single reference distribution. If no statistically significant difference is found, the investigation should assess whether the power of the chi-squared test was insufficient to detect differences of practical significance. If a statistical difference is found, Appendices B and C and Figure 6 may be used to determine whether the sample size and the power have led to the detection of an effect size too small to be of importance.
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000166:cytology*; D004911:Erythrocyte Volume; D006405:Hematology / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D012016:Reference Values