Exact Methods of Homogeneity Test of Proportions for Bilateral and Unilateral Correlated Data

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Autores principales: Liang, Shuyi, Ma, Chang-Xing
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Ma, Chang-Xing
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Ma, Chang-Xing
contents Subjects in clinical studies that investigate paired body parts can carry a disease on either both sides (bilateral) or a single side (unilateral) of the organs. Data in such studies may consist of both bilateral and unilateral records. However, the correlation between the paired organs is often ignored, which may lead to biased interpretations. Recent literatures have taken the correlation into account. For example, Ma and Wang (2021) proposed three asymptotic procedures for testing the homogeneity of proportions of multiple groups using combined bilateral and unilateral data and recommended the score test. It is of importance to notice that the asymptotic behavior is not guaranteed if the sample size is small, resulting in uncontrolled type I error rates. In this paper, we extend their work by considering exact approaches and compare these methods with the score test proposed by Ma and Wang (2021) in terms of type I errors and statistical powers. Additionally, two real-world examples are used to illustrate the application of the proposed approaches.
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Liang, Shuyi
Ma, Chang-Xing
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Subjects in clinical studies that investigate paired body parts can carry a disease on either both sides (bilateral) or a single side (unilateral) of the organs. Data in such studies may consist of both bilateral and unilateral records. However, the correlation between the paired organs is often ignored, which may lead to biased interpretations. Recent literatures have taken the correlation into account. For example, Ma and Wang (2021) proposed three asymptotic procedures for testing the homogeneity of proportions of multiple groups using combined bilateral and unilateral data and recommended the score test. It is of importance to notice that the asymptotic behavior is not guaranteed if the sample size is small, resulting in uncontrolled type I error rates. In this paper, we extend their work by considering exact approaches and compare these methods with the score test proposed by Ma and Wang (2021) in terms of type I errors and statistical powers. Additionally, two real-world examples are used to illustrate the application of the proposed approaches.
title Exact Methods of Homogeneity Test of Proportions for Bilateral and Unilateral Correlated Data
topic Applications
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.13634