An approach theoretic version of Anscombe's theorem with an application in biostatistics

2016/12/08 by Ben Berckmoes, Berckmoes, Ben
Decision Sciences · Mathematics · #Advanced Statistical Process Monitoring #FOS: Mathematics #Probability (math.PR) #Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1612.05104

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Abstract

We establish an approach theoretic version of Anscombe's theorem, which we apply to justify the use of confidence intervals based on the sample mean after a group sequential trial.

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