On using truncated sequential probability ratio test boundaries for Monte Carlo implementation of hypothesis tests

Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 946-967

  Fay, Michael P ^a   Kim, Hyune Ju ^b   Hachey, Mark ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

B value; Bootstrap; Permutation; Resampling risk; Sequential design; Sequential probability ratio test

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049166097     PISSN: 10618600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/106186007X257025     Document Type: Article

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