Sample size calculation for comparing two normal random samples using equilibrium priors

Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2149-2161

  Longford, Nicholas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Equilibrium prior; Expected loss; Impasse; Plausible prior; Sample size; Utility function

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CLINICAL TRIAL; EXPECTED LOSS; IMPASSE; PLAUSIBLE PRIOR; SAMPLE SIZES; UTILITY FUNCTIONS;

STATISTICS;

EID: 84902664350     PISSN: 03610918     EISSN: 15324141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610918.2012.746979     Document Type: Article

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