Selecting a specific number of samples

[Dansav]

Hey there! 

I'm new to this so please bare with me.....

I have to select records based on a nominated sample size.

For example I have to Select 5 patients from Hospital 1, 3 from Hospital 2 and 7 from Hospital 3? 

What would be the best way to do this?

Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks 

Dan 

[Thableaus]

Hi @Dansav 

How does your dataset look like?

You could set a filter tool to do that if you add a Record ID to each Hospital sample, and then filter by RecordID and Hospital (if all your Hospitals are in a single field).

Please share a sample of your dataset, so we can advise you the best way to do it (you can fake some data if you want).

Cheers,

[Dansav]

My data looks like this, I have already identified how many samples need to be taken from each hospital just need to set it up so that a random sample is extracted from each. 

Thanks heaps for your help so far!

[TomWelgemoed]

Hi,

Depending on how many hospitals there are, you may prefer to run this through a macro so it automatically adjusts the random sample size for each hospital.

Attaching a workflow example - you will need to modify the fields according to your dataset of course.

Regards,

Tom

[Jonathan-Sherman · Accepted solution]

Hi @Dansav,

This should do what you're looking to try and achieve.

If this solves your issue please mark the answer as correct, if not let me know! I've attached my workflow for you to download if needed.

Regards,

Jonathan

[Dansav]

Thanks very much for your help! 

Greatly appreciated. 

Cheers

Dan