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## Test yourself
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<div class="h3-tight"></div>
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### Quiz
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```{r}
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#| echo: false
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library(webexercises) # nolint: library_call_linter
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```
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::: {.callout-note}
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## Why do we need multiple replications when analysing a DES model?
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```{r}
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#| output: asis
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#| echo: false
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cat(longmcq(c(
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"Because replications are required to remove all randomness from the model.",
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"Because each replication uses a different model structure.",
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answer = paste0(
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"Because each run is affected by randomness, and averaging over many ",
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"replications produces a more stable and reliable estimate."
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)
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)))
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```
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:::
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::: {.callout-note}
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## What is the core idea behind the confidence interval method for choosing the number of replications?
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```{r}
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#| output: asis
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#| echo: false
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cat(longmcq(c(
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answer = paste0(
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"Increase the number of replications until the confidence interval ",
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"around the mean becomes sufficiently narrow and stable."
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),
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"Run a fixed, large number of replications regardless of variability.",
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"Keep adding replications until the mean exactly matches a target value."
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```
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### Activity
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Have a go for yourself!
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Try out both the manual and automated methods described above to work out how many replications you need for your own simulation model.

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