February, 2003
© 2000, 2001, 2003 Scott S. Emerson, M.D., Ph.D.
Frequentist Methods 1: 49
Example
Effect of sampling distribution on estimates (cont.)
Sampling distribution summary measures for variance 26.02, max N 100
           True treatment effect: Mean = 0.400
Sampling Dist      Fixed     O’Brien-
Summary Measure    Sample    Fleming
Mean                0.400      0.380
Median              0.400      0.374
Mode                0.400      0.000
Maximal for         0.400      0.400