SAMPLING DESIGN OF MULTIWAVE STUDIES WITH AN APPLICATION TO THE MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH-CARE PANEL STUDY

被引：16

作者：

CHAPPELL, R

机构：

[1] Departments of Statistics and Human Oncology, The University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

来源：

STATISTICS IN MEDICINE | 1991年 / 10卷 / 12期

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D O I：

10.1002/sim.4780101209

中图分类号：

Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

A technique is presented which provides guidance on the spacing of follow-up waves in a multiwave study. Only information from the baseline wave is needed, as well as rough parameter estimates for the survival distribution. The computations use the expected Fisher information; a new method for its calculation is given. An analysis of the effects of simplifying assumptions, such as presuming that a distributional parameter is known, shows that gross discrepancies may result. Data from the Massachusetts Health Care Panel Study (MHCPS) are used for a demonstration. The MHCPS example shows that this technique can prevent large inefficiencies in multiwave experimental design.

引用

页码：1945 / 1958

页数：14

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