Two-stage sequential tests for proportions and means with follow-up period (Q1071456)

This paper extends a procedure, based on \textit{T. W. Anderson}, J. Am. Stat. Assoc. 59, 1006-1015 (1964; Zbl 0211.497), wherein a sequential probability ratio test (SPRT) is combined with a likelihood ratio test that incorporate both sequential observations and additional delayed observations. Two two-sample sequential tests are considered: one for binomial parameters and the other for the means of normal distributions. The essential feature of the method enables us to construct a SPRT with the risk probabilities set greater than the desired level, depending on a number of delayed observations. The terminal decision based on a likelihood ratio test can be made with the desired risk level. The adequacy and advantage of the procedure are discussed and a number of computational formulas is presented to facilitate its applications.