Sample Size Calculation in Clinical Research

[Pages:10]Lecture 4

Sample Size Calculation in Clinical Research

Overview

Basic Considerations Comparing Means Comparing Proportions Comparing Time-to-event Data Genomics Summary

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Basic Considerations

Type of Sample Size Calculation Type I error and Power Hypotheses Study Designs Information required Practical Issues

Type of Sample Size Calculation

Sample Size Calculation/Estimation or Determination

Sample Size Justification Sample Size Re-estimation Sample Size Adjustment

Type I Error and Power

Sample size is usually selected for achieving a desired power (say 80% chance of correctly detecting a clinically meaningful difference) at a pre-specified significance level (say 5%)

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