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This is the preliminary program for the 2006 Joint Statistical
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The views expressed here are those of the individual authors and not necessarily those of the ASA or its board, officers, or staff. Back to main JSM 2006 Program page |
= Applied Session,
= Theme Session,
= Presenter, Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers = “S”| CE_35T | Wed, 8/9/06, 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM | CC-304 |
| Power Analysis: A Simple and Effective Approach - Continuing Education - CTW | ||
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The ASA |
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| Instructor(s): Michael Borenstein, Biostat, Inc. | ||
| This course offers an introduction to power analysis and shows how to use it simply and effectively in planning studies and writing grant applications. Power analysis is the art of finding and justifying a sample size for a planned study. Power is determined by such factors as the magnitude of the treatment effect, the sample size, alpha, and (for survival studies) the study duration. The goal of the power analysis is to balance these as a series of "what ifs." This is done most effectively with graphs that allow the researcher to grasp (and communicate) a range of options in a single picture and find the one that strikes the optimal balance of feasible sample size, reasonable assumptions, and acceptable power. We will show how to do this using Power and Precision. We will use examples from means, proportions, and survival analysis. The workshop is recommended for persons new to power analysis, frustrated by power analysis, and who need to perform power analysis for survival studies. | ||
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JSM 2006
For information, contact jsm@amstat.org
or phone (888) 231-3473. If you have questions about the Continuing Education program,
please contact the Education Department. |