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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2012 May 19;33(5):993–1002. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2012.05.003

Table 4.

Margin of error for primary treatment effect as a function of treatment group difference and standard deviation

Mean and SD of Buspirone Arm and Difference in Days*
Mean=20, SD=15
Diff*=6 days
Mean=18, SD=10
Diff*=4 days
Mean=16, SD=5
Diff*=2 days
95% Confidence Interval Margin of Error 4.13 days 2.76 days 1.37 days

Note:

*

Difference in days is equal to the difference between the mean maximum days of continuous cocaine abstinence in the buspirone and placebo arms.