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noether: Sample size calculation for the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test using the Noether formula.

Description

Sample size calculation for the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test using the Noether formula.

Usage

noether(alpha, power, t, p, x1 = c(0), ties = FALSE)

Arguments

alpha

two sided type I error rate

power

power: detect a relative effect p at least with probability power

t

proportion of subjects in the first group (between 0 and 1)

p

relative effect

x1

advance information is only needed in case of ties

ties

TRUE if ties are possible (non continuous distribution), otherwise FALSE

Value

Returns a data frame with the sample sizes for each group

References

Noether, G. E. (1987). Sample Size Determination for Some Common Nonparametric Tests. Journal of the American Statistical Association 85, 645.647.