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Area of Science:

  • Biostatistics
  • Medical Statistics

Background:

  • Binary data from paired organs in medical studies often show varied treatment effects due to stratification or confounding factors.
  • Determining the necessity of stratified treatment is crucial for accurate therapeutic assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose homogeneity tests for risk difference to ascertain the necessity of stratified treatment under Dallal's model.
  • To introduce common tests for evaluating risk differences between two groups when stratification is unnecessary.

Main Methods:

  • Development of statistical tests for homogeneity and common hypotheses.
  • Utilizing Dallal's model for risk difference analysis.
  • Application of Monte Carlo simulations to evaluate test performance.

Main Results:

  • Score tests demonstrate good performance for both homogeneity and common hypotheses.
  • Wald-type and Rosner's statistics are liberal but offer higher empirical power.
  • Likelihood ratio statistic is particularly effective for homogeneity tests with small data and large strata.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed statistical tests effectively determine the necessity of stratified treatment.
  • The methods are validated through simulations and real-world examples in ankle instability and otolaryngology.