A Shift Algorithm for Exact Computation in Sequential Tests with Binary Outcome

• Published in: Biometrical journal Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 189 - 196
• Main Authors: failures, A simple shift algorithm is described enabling the exact determination of power functions, analyses, but the number of interim, times, the monitoring, examples, the continuation regions may be specified as desired To give, (CYTEL, exact properties of designs proposed by the program package East, determined, ) are, far, plans with interim analyses are considered where decisions are based on the conditional power
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin WILEY-VCH Verlag Berlin GmbH 01.05.2000; WILEY‐VCH Verlag Berlin GmbH
• Subjects: Binary outcome variable; Exact computation; Group sequential plans; Sequential Tests; Shift Algorithm; Two-sample comparison
• ISSN: 0323-3847; 1521-4036
• DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4036(200005)42:2<189::AID-BIMJ189>3.0.CO;2-M

A simple shift algorithm is described enabling the exact determination of power functions and sample size distributions for a large variety of closed sequential two‐sample designs with a binary outcome variable. The test statistics are assumed to be based on relative frequencies of successes or failures, but the number of interim analyses, the monitoring times, and the continuation regions may be specified as desired. To give examples, exact properties of designs proposed by the program package EaSt (Cytel, 1992) are determined, and plans with interim analyses are considered where decisions are based on the conditional power given the observations obtained so far.