A Bayesian approach to sample size determination for studies designed to evaluate continuous medical tests

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 298-307

  Cheng, Dunlei ^a   Branscum, Adam J ^b   Stamey, James D ^c  

^a BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE POWER; BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BAYESIAN MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL ALGORITHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GIBBS SAMPLING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MULTIPLE DATA; POSTERIOR PROBABILITY; POWER CALCULATION; PRIOR DISTRIBUTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; SAMPLE SIZE DETERMINATION; SAMPLE SIZES;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTATION THEORY; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 70350572909     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2009.09.024     Document Type: Article

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