On the Use of the Upper Confidence Limit for the Variance from a Pilot Sample for Sample Size Determination

DOI10.1002/BIMJ.4710380806zbMath0878.62084OpenAlexW2048382391MaRDI QIDQ4353943

Gernot Wassmer, Meinhard Kieser

Publication date: 5 January 1998

Published in: Biometrical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/bimj.4710380806

zbMATH Keywords

clinical trialspilot studysample size calculation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10)

Related Items (4)

Meta-analytic-predictive use of historical variance data for the design and analysis of clinical trials ⋮ The equivalence of two approaches to incorporating variance uncertainty in sample size calculations for linear statistical models ⋮ Using pilot study information to increase efficiency in clinical trials ⋮ Sample size calculation for studies comparing binary outcomes using historical controls

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• Sequential Clinical Trials for Normal Variates Using Interval Composite Hypotheses
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