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getAverageNSubjects: getAverageNSubjects

Description

This function calculates the average number of subjects per scenario.

Usage

getAverageNSubjects(scenario_list)

Value

A named list of vectors for the average number of subjects in each scenario.

Arguments

scenario_list

An object of class scenario_list, as created with simulateScenarios or continueRecruitment

Author

Stephan Wojciekowski

Details

This function can be useful to assess decision rules with regard to the average number of subjects across scenarios when performing interim analyses.

See Also

simulateScenarios continueRecruitment

Examples

interim_scenarios <- simulateScenarios(
  n_subjects_list     = list(c(10, 20, 30)),
  response_rates_list = list(rep(0.9, 3)),
  n_trials            = 10)

interim_analyses <- performAnalyses(
  scenario_list       = interim_scenarios,
  target_rates        = rep(0.5, 3),
  n_mcmc_iterations   = 100)

interim_gos <- getGoDecisions(
  analyses_list       = interim_analyses,
  cohort_names        = c("p_1", "p_2", "p_3"),
  evidence_levels     = c(0.5, 0.8, 0.5),
  boundary_rules      = quote(c(x[1] > 0.8, x[2] > 0.6, x[3] > 0.7)))
    
scenarios_list <- continueRecruitment(
  n_subjects_add_list = list(c(30, 20, 10)),
  decisions_list      = interim_gos,
  method_name         = "exnex_adj")
  
getAverageNSubjects(scenarios_list)