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Selecting a specific number of samples

Dansav
6 - Meteoroid

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 

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Thableaus
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

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
6 - Meteoroid

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!Capture.PNG

TomWelgemoed
12 - Quasar

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

 

Solution 14.jpg

 

 

Jonathan-Sherman
15 - Aurora
15 - Aurora

Hi @Dansav,

 

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

 

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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
6 - Meteoroid

Thanks very much for your help! 

 

Greatly appreciated. 

 

Cheers

 


Dan 

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