subdetect-package {subdetect}

Detect Subgroup with an Enhanced Treatment Effect.

Description

A test for the existence of a subgroup with enhanced treatment effect and estimation of the subgroup if it exists. In addition, a sample size calculation procedure for this subgroup detection test.

Details

• subgroup_detect: test for the existence of a subgroup and estimation of the subgroup.

• sample_size:estimate of the required sample size for subgroup detection test.

Author(s)

Ailin Fan and Shannon T. Holloway,

Maintainer: Shannon T. Holloway [e-mail]

References

Ailin Fan, Rui Song, and Wenbin Lu, (2016). Change-plane analysis for subgroup detection and sample size calculation, Journal of the American Statistical Association, in press.