Table A1.
LQAS decision rules and alpha beta errors for samples sizes ranging from 8 to 22
Decision rules with lowest combined error |
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Sample size | DR | α | β | Decision rule | Alpha (α) P(X < d|n, pU = 70%) | Beta (β) P(X ≥ d|n, pL = 40%) | DR | α | β |
8 | 4 | 0.058 | 0.406 | 5 | 0.194 | 0.174 | 6 | 0.448 | 0.050 |
9 | 4 | 0.025 | 0.517 | 5 | 0.099 | 0.267 | 6 | 0.270 | 0.099 |
10 | 5 | 0.047 | 0.367 | 6 | 0.150 | 0.166 | 7 | 0.350 | 0.055 |
11 | 6 | 0.078 | 0.247 | 7 | 0.210 | 0.099 | 8 | 0.430 | 0.029 |
12 | 6 | 0.039 | 0.335 | 7 | 0.118 | 0.158 | 8 | 0.276 | 0.057 |
13 | 7 | 0.062 | 0.229 | 8 | 0.165 | 0.098 | 9 | 0.346 | 0.032 |
14 | 7 | 0.031 | 0.303 | 8 | 0.093 | 0.150 | 9 | 0.229 | 0.058 |
15 | 8 | 0.050 | 0.213 | 9 | 0.131 | 0.095 | 10 | 0.278 | 0.034 |
16 | 8 | 0.026 | 0.284 | 9 | 0.074 | 0.142 | 10 | 0.175 | 0.058 |
17 | 9 | 0.040 | 0.199 | 10 | 0.105 | 0.092 | 11 | 0.225 | 0.035 |
18 | 9 | 0.021 | 0.263 | 10 | 0.060 | 0.134 | 11 | 0.141 | 0.058 |
19 | 10 | 0.033 | 0.186 | 11 | 0.084 | 0.088 | 12 | 0.182 | 0.035 |
20 | 11 | 0.048 | 0.128 | 12 | 0.113 | 0.057 | 13 | 0.228 | 0.021 |
21 | 11 | 0.026 | 0.174 | 12 | 0.068 | 0.085 | 13 | 0.148 | 0.035 |
22 | 12 | 0.039 | 0.121 | 13 | 0.092 | 0.055 | 14 | 0.186 | 0.021 |
DR, Decision Rule.