| Literature DB >> 35496657 |
Sandipan Pramanik1, Valen E Johnson1, Anirban Bhattacharya1.
Abstract
We describe a modified sequential probability ratio test that can be used to reduce the average sample size required to perform statistical hypothesis tests at specified levels of significance and power. Examples are provided for z tests, t tests, and tests of binomial success probabilities. A description of a software package to implement the test designs is provided. We compare the sample sizes required in fixed design tests conducted at 5% significance levels to the average sample sizes required in sequential tests conducted at 0.5% significance levels, and we find that the two sample sizes are approximately equal.Entities:
Keywords: Bayes factor; MaxSPRT; Sequential Bayes factor; Sequential Probability Ratio Test; Sequential design; Significance test; Uniformly most powerful Bayesian test
Year: 2021 PMID: 35496657 PMCID: PMC9053723 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2021.102505
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Math Psychol ISSN: 0022-2496 Impact factor: 1.387