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Explain the trade-off between sample size and cost when determining the appropriate sample size for a study.
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Increasing the sample size generally increases the cost of data collection. Researchers must balance the desire for greater precision (smaller margin of error) with budgetary constraints. There's a point where the marginal benefit of increasing the sample size diminishes relative to the added cost.