DNA stores information that is needed for passing down our genetic characteristics from one generation to the next â for example, what we look like and how we develop â hence it is also known as our genetic blueprint. Half of each person's DNA comes from their mother and the other half from their father. Back to Top.
Small Area Variations. Definition. Health Economics. A term usually applied to the observed wide variations in clinical practices within jurisdictions having otherwise similar health care organizational structures and payments systems, and having populations with similar demographic, economic, social and epidemiological characteristics.
Thatâs the square root of your sample size. What that does, very loosely speaking, is âaverageâ out the variation based on the number of data values in the sample. So, all things being equal, a given amount of variation is ânoisierâ for a smaller sample than for a larger one.