Optimal predictive sample size for case-control studies

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 427-441

  De Santis, Fulvio ^a   Pacifico, Marco Perone ^a   Sambucini, Valeria ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allocation; Association; Bayesian design; Case control studies; Credible interval; Interval estimation; Log normal approximation; Odds ratio; Sample size; Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042812826     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2004.0d490.x     Document Type: Article

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