Wattier Protocol Assignment 7

Re: Wattier Protocol Assignment 7

by Adithya Cattamanchi -
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Hi Rachel,

I agree sample size calculations are more complex and that rigorous methodologies to evaluate ASP programs have not been the norm. But that can be one of your contributions. 

As a start to being more rigorous, i would use the variance calculators (see my general comment posted to the whole group) to estimate the impact of auto-correlation on your simple sample size/power estimate. This is something you can include in your final presentation.

When actually designing the study, I would recommend involving a statistician to help you think through how best to use the 3 years of pre-data you have to estimate auto-correlation and trends, and to do a more sophisticated calculation that takes into account the number of pre- and post- observations you have, standard deviation, auto-correlation and trends.