Hi Marc: First, thank you very much for your help in this matter.
Will perform an initial omnibus test of all three groups (e.g. 3 x 2 chi-square), possibly followed by all possible 2 x 2 pairwise comparisons (e.g. 1 versus 2, 1 versus 3, 2 versus 3), We can assume *either* the desired sample size in each group is the same *or* proportional to the population size. We can set p=0.25 and set p1=p2=p3=p so that the H0 is true. We can assume that the expected proportion of "Yes" values in each group is 0.25 For the alternative hypotheses, for example, we can set p1 = .25, p2=.25, p3=.35 Again thank you very much in advance. abou ______________________ *AbouEl-Makarim Aboueissa, PhD* *Professor, Statistics and Data Science* *Graduate Coordinator* *Department of Mathematics and Statistics* *University of Southern Maine* On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 10:53 AM Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@me.com> wrote: > Hi, > > You are going to need to provide more information than what you have > below and I may be mis-interpreting what you have provided. > > Presuming you are designing a prospective, three-group, randomized > allocation study, there is typically an a priori specification of the > ratios of the sample sizes for each group such as 1:1:1, indicating that > the desired sample size in each group is the same. > > You would also need to specify the expected proportions of "Yes" values > in each group. > > Further, you need to specify how you are going to compare the > proportions in each group. Are you going to perform an initial omnibus > test of all three groups (e.g. 3 x 2 chi-square), possibly followed by > all possible 2 x 2 pairwise comparisons (e.g. 1 versus 2, 1 versus 3, 2 > versus 3), or are you just going to compare 2 versus 1, and 3 versus 1, > where 1 is a control group? > > Depending upon your testing plan, you may also need to account for p > value adjustments for multiple comparisons, in which case, you also need > to specify what adjustment method you plan to use, to know what the > target alpha level will be. > > On the other hand, if you already have the data collected, thus have > fixed sample sizes available per your wording below, simply go ahead and > perform your planned analyses, as the notion of "power" is largely an a > priori consideration, which reflects the probability of finding a > "statistically significant" result at a given alpha level, given that > your a priori assumptions are valid. > > Regards, > > Marc Schwartz > > > AbouEl-Makarim Aboueissa wrote on 8/9/21 9:41 AM: > > Dear All: good morning > > > > *Re:* Sample Size Determination to Compare Three Independent Proportions > > > > *Situation:* > > > > Three Binary variables (Yes, No) > > > > Three independent populations with fixed sizes (*say:* N1 = 1500, N2 = > 900, > > N3 = 1350). > > > > Power = 0.80 > > > > How to choose the sample sizes to compare the three proportions of “Yes” > > among the three variables. > > > > If you know a reference to this topic, it will be very helpful too. > > > > with many thanks in advance > > > > abou > > ______________________ > > > > > > *AbouEl-Makarim Aboueissa, PhD* > > > > *Professor, Statistics and Data Science* > > *Graduate Coordinator* > > > > *Department of Mathematics and Statistics* > > *University of Southern Maine* > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.