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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Stat Med. 2010 Jun 15;29(13):1377–1387. doi: 10.1002/sim.3892

Table 1.

Candidate Sampling Designs from Case Study Examples

Case Study 1 (Cross-Sectional): ψ = 1.5 (β3=0.4055) 2-sided test with size (α=0.05) and power (1−β=0.80)
Design Random Sampling Covariate Dependent Sampling (Dependent on Z) Outcome Dependent Sampling
Cost Sample Sizes Cost Sample Sizes Cost Sample Sizes
Classic X $15,970,150; n = 7210
2-Stage Z_Quest/X ρ=0.288 $8,730,190 (54.7%) n0 = 96646
n1= 869
$8,710,604 (54.5%) n0= 92734
n1=990
$7,350,710 (46.0%) n0= 11751
n1= 1335
2-Stage Z_SF/X ρ=0.892 $5,518,340 (34.6%) n0= 9505
n1= 90
$8,305,180 (52.0%) n0=9390
n1=135
$7,082,560 (44.3%) n0= 7595
n1= 380
Case Study 2 (Cross-Sectional): ψ = 1.5 (β3=0.4055) 2-sided test with size (α =0.05) and power (1−β =0.80)
Design Random Sampling Covariate Dependent Sampling (Dependent on E) Outcome Dependent Sampling
Cost Sample Sizes Cost Sample Sizes Cost Sample Sizes
Classic X $13,446,000; n = 7210
2-Stage Z_Quest/X ρ=0.288 $8,405,620 (62.5%) n0= 93266
n1= 991
$5,641,020 (42.0%) n0= 53382
n1=1029
$2,503,640 (18.6%) n0 = 16992
n1 = 721
2-Stage Z_SF/X ρ=0.892 $5,015,670 (37.3%) n0 = 9489
n1= 96
$4,918,830 (36.6%) n0 = 9218
n1 =128
$4,424,380 (32.9%) n0= 7595
n1 = 380
Case Study 3 (Longitudinal): β3=−0.01 2-sided test with size (α=0.05) and power (1−β=0.80)
Design Random Sampling Covariate Dependent Sampling (Dependent on Z) Outcome Dependent Sampling
Cost Sample Sizes Cost Sample Sizes Cost Sample Sizes
Classic X $25,189,225; n = 11,321
2-Stage Z_Quest/X ρ=0.288 $15,477,600 (61.4%) n0=100,000
n1=3,431
$15,491,200 (61.5%) n0=99,998
n1 =3,438
$25,443,626 (101.1%) n0 =12,254
n1 =11,202
2-Stage Z_SF/X ρ=0.892 $8,503,830 (33.8%) n0 =14,483
n1=107
$12,795,000 (50.8%) n0=14,385
n1=155
$12,794,824 (50.8%) n0=14,389
n1=152