Sample Size Considerations for Fine-Tuning Large Language Models for Named Entity Recognition Tasks: Methodological Study

Zoltan P Majdik   ¹ , PhD ;   S Scott Graham   ² , PhD ;   Jade C Shiva Edward   ² , MA ;   Sabrina N Rodriguez   ³ , BS ;   Martha S Karnes   ⁴ , PhD ;   Jared T Jensen   ² , MA ;   Joshua B Barbour   ⁵ , PhD ;   Justin F Rousseau   ^{6, 7} , MD, MMSc

¹ Department of Communication, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States

² Department of Rhetoric & Writing, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States

³ Department of Neurology, The Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States

⁴ Department of Rhetoric & Writing, University of Arkansas Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, United States

⁵ Department of Communication, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States

⁶ Statistical Planning and Analysis Section, Department of Neurology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States

⁷ Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States