Sample Size

Domain: Evaluation

🎯 Motivation

How many test examples used. Larger sample sizes give more reliable results.

📋 Concrete Example

10 examples: result could be lucky. 100 examples: more reliable. 10,000 examples: very reliable. But 10,000 examples cost more time and money. Balance reliability with cost.

🔗 Analogy

A survey - asking 10 people vs 1000 people. 1000 gives a more reliable result. Sample size determines how trustworthy evaluation results are.