A survey of sample size formulas for pairwise and many-one multiple comparisons in the parametric, nonparametric and binomial case

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-44

  Horn, Manfred ^a   Vollandt, Rüdiger ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

All pairs power; Any pair power; Arcsin root transformation; Comparisonwise type I error rate; Correct directional decision; Dunnett's test; Experimentwise type I error rate; Multiple t test; Normal approximation; Per pair power; Sample sizes; Steel's test

Indexed keywords

ERRORS;

ALL-PAIR POWER; ANY-PAIR POWER; ARCSIN-ROOT TRANSFORMATION; COMPARISONWISE TYPE I ERROR RATE; CORRECT DIRECTIONAL DECISION; DUNNETT TEST; EXPERIMENTWISE TYPE I ERROR RATE; MULTIPLE T-TEST; NORMAL APPROXIMATION; PER-PAIR POWER; POWER; ROOT TRANSFORMATION; SAMPLE SIZES; STEEL TEST; T-TESTS; TYPE I ERROR RATE;

SAMPLING;

EID: 0034387455     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4036(200001)42:1<27::AID-BIMJ27>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Review

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