Analysis after a Sequential Test |
At the end of a trial, the hypothesis is either rejected or accepted. But the -value, median, and confidence limits depend on the ordering the sample space
, where
is the stage number and
is the standardized
statistic.
Following the notations used in Jennison and Turnbull (2000, pp. 179–180), if
has a higher order or more extreme than
. Then for a given ordering, the
-value, median, and confidence limits associated with the observed statistics
can be derived.