Comprehensive Sample Size Calculation

One of the major limitations in clinical research is the insufficient information provided regarding its sample size calculation. The power of any study is to find the evidence and this cannot be achieved without adequate sample size. The question is how many is considered adequate. In course, we will show you how to calculate the sample size for different clinical research designs using software or online calculator.

Instructor:

Dr Ahmed Hassouna

Professor of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Diploma of biostatistics applied on clinical trials, CESAM, Paris VI University, France

Items

1. Introduction
2. Binary outcome and two independent quantitative variables
3. Ordered categorical outcome
4. Paired means and binary response
5. Multiple means - One way ANOVA
6. Simple correlation and regression
7. Time to event study
8. Logistic regression analysis
9. Multiple regression analysis
10. Repeated measure ANOVA
11. Non inferiority and equivalence studies
12. Survey study
13. The ten commandments