The SEQTEST Procedure
- Overview
- Getting Started
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Syntax
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Details
Input Data Sets Boundary Variables Information Level Adjustments at Future Stages Boundary Adjustments for Information Levels Boundary Adjustments for Minimum Error Spending Boundary Adjustments for Overlapping Lower and Upper beta Boundaries Stochastic Curtailment Repeated Confidence Intervals Analysis after a Sequential Test Available Sample Space Orderings in a Sequential Test Applicable Tests and Sample Size Computation Table Output ODS Table Names Graphics Output ODS Graphics Acknowledgments
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Examples
Testing the Difference between Two Proportions Testing an Effect in a Regression Model Testing an Effect with Early Stopping to Accept H0 Testing a Binomial Proportion Comparing Two Proportions with a Log Odds Ratio Test Comparing Two Survival Distributions with a Log-Rank Test Testing an Effect in a Proportional Hazards Regression Model Testing an Effect in a Logistic Regression Model
- References
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