Parallel BD | SABD | |||
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Case study 1 | ||||
Maximum sample size | 88 | 67 | ||
1A | pR− = 0.7/pT− = 0.9 pR+ = 0.7/pT+ = 0.9 | Expected sample size | 52.8 | 42.4 |
Probability of early termination | 0.458 | 0.416 | ||
Probability of rejecting H0− or H0+ | 0.092 | 0.094 | ||
1B | pR− = 0.9/pT− = 0.7 pR+ = 0.9/pT+ = 0.7 | Expected sample size | 52.8 | 42.4 |
Probability of early termination | 0.457 | 0.416 | ||
Probability of rejecting H0− or H0+ | 0.092 | 0.094 | ||
2 | pR− = 0.7/pT− = 0.7 pR+ = 0.9/pT+ = 0.9 | Expected sample size | 63.4 | 50.6 |
Probability of rejecting H0+ | 0.906 | 0.801 | ||
Probability of detecting heterogeneity (1st stage) | 0.840 | 0.739 | ||
3 | pR− = 0.9/pT− = 0.9 pR+ = 0.9/pT+ = 0.9 | Expected sample size | 85.1 | 63.5 |
Probability of rejecting H0− and H0+ | 0.826 | 0.800 | ||
Case study 2 | ||||
Maximum sample size | 62 | 39 | ||
1A | pR− = 0.3/pT− = 0.9 pR+ = 0.3/pT+ = 0.9 | Expected sample size | 34.5 | 25.7 |
Probability of early termination | 0.430 | 0.555 | ||
Probability of rejecting H0− or H0+ | 0.083 | 0.093 | ||
1B | pR− = 0.6/pT− = 0.6 pR+ = 0.6/pT+ = 0.6 | Expected sample size | 35.1 | 24.3 |
Probability of early termination | 0.408 | 0.627 | ||
Probability of rejecting H0− or H0+ | 0.054 | 0.092 | ||
2 | pR− = 0.3/pT− = 0.6 pR+ = 0.6/pT+ = 0.9 | Expected sample size | 42.4 | 31.0 |
Probability of rejecting H0+ | 0.905 | 0.802 | ||
Probability of detecting heterogeneity (1st stage) | 0.807 | 0.799 | ||
3 | pR− = 0.6/pT− = 0.9 pR+ = 0.6/pT+ = 0.9 | Expected sample size | 59.2 | 37.4 |
Probability of rejecting H0− and H0+ | 0.821 | 0.800 | ||
Case study 3 | ||||
Maximum sample size | 79 | 45 | ||
1A | pR− = 0.1/pT− = 0.8 pR+ = 0.1/pT+ = 0.9 | Expected sample size | 43.7 | 31.2 |
Probability of early termination | 0.511 | 0.620 | ||
Probability of rejecting H0− or H0+ | 0.055 | 0.086 | ||
1B | pR− = 0.4/pT− = 0.6 pR+ = 0.4/pT+ = 0.6 | Expected sample size | 44.8 | 32.0 |
Probability of early termination | 0.493 | 0.582 | ||
Probability of rejecting H0− or H0+ | 0.083 | 0.096 | ||
2 | pR− = 0.1/pT− = 0.6 pR+ = 0.4/pT+ = 0.9 | Expected sample size | 45.7 | 34.9 |
Probability of rejecting H0+ | 0.904 | 0.802 | ||
Probability of detecting heterogeneity (1st stage) | 0.864 | 0.825 | ||
3 | pR− = 0.4/pT− = 0.8 pR+ = 0.4/pT+ = 0.9 | Expected sample size | 75.8 | 43.5 |
Probability of rejecting H0− and H0+ | 0.821 | 0.801 |