Article ; Online: Automated splitting into batches for observational biomedical studies with sequential processing.
Biostatistics (Oxford, England)
2022 Volume 24, Issue 4, Page(s) 1031–1044
Abstract: Experimental design usually focuses on the setting where treatments and/or other aspects of interest can be manipulated. However, in observational biomedical studies with sequential processing, the set of available samples is often fixed, and the problem ...
Abstract | Experimental design usually focuses on the setting where treatments and/or other aspects of interest can be manipulated. However, in observational biomedical studies with sequential processing, the set of available samples is often fixed, and the problem is thus rather the ordering and allocation of samples to batches such that comparisons between different treatments can be made with similar precision. In certain situations, this allocation can be done by hand, but this rapidly becomes impractical with more challenging cohort setups. Here, we present a fast and intuitive algorithm to generate balanced allocations of samples to batches for any single-variable model where the treatment variable is nominal. This greatly simplifies the grouping of samples into batches, makes the process reproducible, and provides a marked improvement over completely random allocations. The general challenges of allocation and why good solutions can be hard to find are also discussed, as well as potential extensions to multivariable settings. |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Algorithms ; Research Design ; Observational Studies as Topic |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2022-04-28 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
ZDB-ID | 2031500-4 |
ISSN | 1468-4357 ; 1465-4644 |
ISSN (online) | 1468-4357 |
ISSN | 1465-4644 |
DOI | 10.1093/biostatistics/kxac014 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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