February, 2003
© 2000, 2001, 2003 Scott S. Emerson, M.D., Ph.D.
Session 1- Fixed Sample Design: 83
Evaluation of Fixed Sample Designs
Operating characteristics for fixed sample studies
Level of Significance (often pre-specified)
Sample size requirements
Power Curve
Decision Boundary
Frequentist inference on the Boundary
Bayesian posterior probabilities