A comparison of methods for sample size estimation for non-inferiority studies with binary outcomes

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 595-612

  Julious, Steven A ^a   Owen, Roger J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Biostatistics and Statistical Reporting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; clinical trials; non inferiority; parallel group; power; sample size; sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS; ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; METHODOLOGY; NULL HYPOTHESIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PARALLEL DESIGN;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 80053563201     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: 14770334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280210378945     Document Type: Article

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