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Table 5 Expected Number of Tests by Design with Example Data. The number of tests used for the case control design, the standard group testing design, and the expected number of tests for the two-phase group testing design when these designs were applied to the resampled example data

From: Using group testing in a two-phase epidemiologic design to identify the effects of a large number of antibody reactions on disease risk

  

Number of Tests

Case Control Design

 

3,055,000

Standard Group Testing Design

Group Size 5

702,725

Group Size 10

453,690

Group Size 20

377,370

Two-Phase Group Testing Design

Group Size 5

1,335,000

Group Size 10

1,024,500

Group Size 20

849,750