Normal {adestr}

Normally distributed data with known variance

Description

This function creates an object representing the distributional assumptions of the data: normally distributed outcomes sample from a trial with one or two arms (depending on the value of the parameter two_armed), under the assumption of known variance.

Usage

Normal(two_armed = TRUE)

Arguments

two_armed

(logical) determines whether one or two-armed trials are assumed.

Value

an object of class Normal. This object encodes the distributional assumptions of the data for usage in the functions evaluate_estimator and analyze.

Examples

evaluate_estimator(
  score = MSE(),
  estimator = SampleMean(),
  data_distribution = Normal(FALSE),
  design = get_example_design(),
  mu = c(0, 0.3, 0.6),
  sigma = 1,
  exact = FALSE
)