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1. University of York, Nuffield Curriculum Centre (2002) http://www.21stcenturyscience.org/rationale/scientific-literacy,903,NA.html
2. Throughout this chapter questionnaire findings are presented as sample statistics and not weighted estimates.
3. For the Science literacy sample, slightly less pupils would be required at P3 since those pupils are only tested at two levels whilst those in other stages are tested at 3.
4. The fact that population size, unless extremely small, has no bearing on the precision of estimated proportions means that reporting authorities of very different sizes nevertheless require the same pupil sample sizes to achieve the same degree of estimation precision.

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