Stereology Error Calculations (for fixed % error margins)

 

Error

VV

5%

10%

15%

50%

181

45

20

25%

543

135

60

10%

1630

407

181

5%

3,442

860

382

1%

17,939

4,485

1,993

0.5%

36,058

9,014

4,006

 

This represents the number of points that must be counted.

Pt = 0.453 * (1 - VV) / (VV * E2)

Here is an Online Stereology Error Calculator based on the above equation.