Conditional and Unconditional Tests (and Sample Size) Based on Multiple Comparisons for Stratified 2 × 2 Tables
Table 3
values obtained by various methods for the data in the example of Li et al. [12]. Each asymptotic method is placed directly below the exact method from which it proceeds.
Model
Test
Procedure
Statistic used
value
3
Exact
Birch
Sum of successes (treated group)
0.1563
Asymptotic
MH
of Mantel-Haenszel (without cc)
0.0760
of Mantel-Haenszel (with cc)
0.1573
Exact
MC
value Fisher
0.3795
Asymptotic
of Yates
0.3887
Exact
MCB
value Fisher
0.1471
Asymptotic
of Yates
0.1513
2
Exact
MC
p value Barnard
0.1602
Asymptotic
of Martín et al.
0.1614
Exact
MCB
value Barnard
0.1533
Asymptotic
of Martín et al.
0.1588
1
Exact
MC
value Barnard
0.1282
Asymptotic
of Pirie and Hamdan
0.1512
Note: MH = Mantel-Haenszel test; MC = multiple comparisons method; MCB = method based on the multiple comparisons.
