Table of Contents
List of Figures..........................................................................................................xi
List of Tables......................................................................................................... xiii
Preface......................................................................................................................xv
Acknowledgements..............................................................................................xix
Author.....................................................................................................................xxi
List of Acronyms................................................................................................ xxiii
1. Introduction......................................................................................................1
2. All Power Is Conditional Unless It’s Absolute..........................................9
3. Assurance........................................................................................................33
4. Average Power in Non-Normal Settings...................................................59
5. Bayesian Power..............................................................................................75
6. Prior Distributions of Power and Sample Size........................................87
7. Interim Predictions......................................................................................101
8. Case Studies in Simulation........................................................................ 113
9. Decision Criteria in Proof-of-Concept Trials..........................................127
10. Surety and Assurance in Estimation........................................................149
References.............................................................................................................161
Appendix 1 Evaluation of a Double Normal Integral...................................171
Appendix 2 Besag’s Candidate Formula.........................................................173
Index......................................................................................................................175