Exact sample size needed to detect dependence in 2 x 2 x 2 Tables

Biometrics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1245-1252

  Dai, Jianliang ^a   Li, Li ^b   Kim, Sangkyu ^b   Kimball, Beth ^b   Jazwinski, S Michal ^b   Arnold, Jonathan ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

2 x 2 x 2 table; Exact test; Longevity; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Nonrandom associations; Power; Sample size, Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; MARKOV PROCESSES; NUCLEOTIDES; SAMPLING;

2 X 2 X 2 TABLE; EXACT TESTS; LONGEVITY; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE-CARLO; NONRANDOM ASSOCIATION; POWER; SAMPLE SIZE, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SAMPLE SIZES; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LONGEVITY; MARKOV CHAIN; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM; POWER; TESTING METHOD;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PILOT STUDY; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 36749005667     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2007.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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