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The FORSS Framework for Sample Size and Power Calculations With Win Statistics for Hierarchical Endpoints

Baoshan Zhang, Huiman X. Barnhart, Roland A. Matsouaka, Yuan Wu

The FORSS framework delivers accurate formula-based sample size and power calculations for win statistics on hierarchical endpoints.

arxiv:2605.17240 v1 · 2026-05-17 · stat.ME

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The formula-based FORSS closely matches empirical power across a wide range of scenarios while maintaining Type I error rates near the nominal 5% level.

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That a user-specified flexible joint working distribution for the hierarchical endpoints, together with marginal treatment effects, is sufficient to generate super-samples whose plug-in estimates accurately support the analytical power and sample-size formulas.

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FORSS is a new formula-based super-sample framework for power and sample size calculations with win statistics on hierarchical endpoints that incorporates marginal effects and a flexible joint distribution.

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[2] WalkerHG,BrownAJ,VazIP,etal.Compositeoutcomemeasuresinhigh-impactcriticalcarerandomisedcontrolledtrials: a systematic review.Critical Care2024; 28(1): 184

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[5] doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19990615)18:11<1341::AID-SIM129>3.0.CO;2-7 · doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19990615)18:11

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arxiv: 2605.17240 · arxiv_version: 2605.17240v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.17240 · pith_short_12: FAIZ7R4GA6RR · pith_short_16: FAIZ7R4GA6RRBPI4 · pith_short_8: FAIZ7R4G

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