title: Formulas and tables for the determination of sample sizes and power in clinical trials for testing differences in proportions for the matched pair design: a review.
abstract: This paper is a compendium of exact and asymptotic formulas and tables for calculating the sample size in a clinical trial for a matched-pair design involving a dichotomous outcome. Formulas for calculating power given the sample size are also given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sahai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khurshid
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016555:Matched-Pair Analysis; D018401:Sample Size; D012984:Software