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. 1990 Jan;131(1):177-84.
doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115472.

Sample size requirements for interval estimation of the odds ratio

G A Satten  1 , L L Kupper
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Sample size requirements for interval estimation of the odds ratio

G A Satten et al. Am J Epidemiol. 1990 Jan.

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  • Am J Epidemiol 1990 Jun;131(6):1102
  • Am J Epidemiol 1990 Mar;131(3):578

Abstract

Sample sizes are calculated for unmatched case-control (or cohort) studies where the goal is interval estimation of the odds ratio. The procedure used gives the smallest sample size for which a 100(1-alpha)% confidence interval for the log odds ratio will not exceed a specified width with specified probability (1-gamma). Tables of sample sizes for various choices of parameter values are presented. Considerable disagreement is found with a published method which has as its basis expected cell counts.

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