Not sure whether I understand this [Two-Stage / GS Designs]

posted by Helmut Homepage – Vienna, Austria, 2012-10-23 19:17 (4980 d 07:56 ago) – Posting: # 9454
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Hi ElMaestro!

❝ When we calculate type I errors and power in Potvin's scenarios we assume a T/R. This is a 'known', in contrast to the estimates we get from the sampled data.


Not quite. You are mixing two things up, IMHO. T/R is an assumption – not “known”. Hard-core statisticians told me that (even for a fixed design) we never should use term “sample size calculation”, but “sample size estimation” instead because T/R is assumed and CV an estimate at the best (or also only an assumption).

❝ When we calculate the sample size for the second stage we apply a known (=assumed) T/R and a measured variability,


Known assumed. We never know.

❝ but the measured variability reflects the sampled T/R.


:confused: Why? Variance is independent from a shift in location.

Too stupid for the rest of your post.

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