ssLongFull: Sample size calculation for longitudinal study with 2 time...

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Description

Sample size calculation for testing if mean changes for 2 groups are the same or not for longitudinal study with 2 time point.

Usage

ssLongFull(delta, 
           sigma1, 
           sigma2, 
           rho = 0.5, 
           alpha = 0.05, 
           power = 0.8)

Arguments

delta	absolute difference of the mean changes between the two groups: δ=|μ_1 - μ_2| where μ_1 is the mean change over time t in group 1, μ_2 is the mean change over time t in group 2.
sigma1	the standard deviation of baseline values within a treatment group
sigma2	the standard deviation of follow-up values within a treatment group
rho	correlation coefficient between baseline and follow-up values within a treatment group.
alpha	Type I error rate
power	power for testing for difference of mean changes.

Details

The sample size formula is based on Equation 8.30 on page 335 of Rosner (2006).

n=\frac{2σ_d^2 (Z_{1-α/2} + Z_{power})^2}{δ^2}

where σ_d = σ_1^2+σ_2^2-2ρσ_1σ_2, δ=|μ_1 - μ_2|, μ_1 is the mean change over time t in group 1, μ_2 is the mean change over time t in group 2, σ_1^2 is the variance of baseline values within a treatment group, σ_2^2 is the variance of follow-up values within a treatment group, ρ is the correlation coefficient between baseline and follow-up values within a treatment group, and Z_u is the u-th percentile of the standard normal distribution.

We wish to test μ_1 = μ_2.

Value

required sample size per group

Note

The test is a two-sided test. For one-sided tests, please double the significance level. For example, you can set alpha=0.10 to obtain one-sided test at 5% significance level.

Author(s)

Weiliang Qiu [e-mail]

References

Rosner, B. Fundamentals of Biostatistics. Sixth edition. Thomson Brooks/Cole. 2006.

See Also

ssLong, powerLong, powerLongFull.

Examples

    # Example 8.33 on page 336 of Rosner (2006)
    # n=85
    ssLongFull(delta=5, sigma1=15, sigma2=15, rho=0.7, alpha=0.05, power=0.8)

Example output

[1] 85

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