February, 2003
© 2000, 2001
Scott S. Emerson, M.D., Ph.D.
Evaluation of Fixed
Sample Designs (cont.)
Bayesian
inference
·Posterior
probabilities implemented as a boundary scale
·Median
(mode) of posterior distribution
·Credible
intervals
·
Futility
measures
·Implemented
as boundary scale
·Conditional
and predictive approaches