Sample size
Sample size is the number of gaps or candles a figure was counted from, and it limits how much the figure can say.
Definition
Sample size is the number of gaps or candles a figure was counted from, and it limits how much the figure can say.
A figure drawn from a handful of gaps can swing a long way with one more. This site prints the count beside every rate and average so the reader can judge for themselves.
A large sample does not make a figure a prediction. It only makes the description of the past steadier.