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Area of Science:

  • Biostatistics
  • Statistical Modeling
  • Biomedical Data Analysis

Background:

  • Clustered data is common in biomedical research.
  • Cluster sizes can be informative, meaning outcomes depend on them.
  • Ignoring informative cluster sizes biases regression models (marginal and mixed-effect).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate methods for testing the informativeness of cluster sizes.
  • Focus on marginal models, where testing methods are limited.
  • Propose score and Wald tests for generalized linear, Cox, and proportional subdistribution hazards models.

Main Methods:

  • Development of score and Wald tests for assessing cluster size informativeness.
  • Utilized weighted estimating equations for statistical inference.
  • Evaluated test performance via simulations for binary and right-censored data.

Main Results:

  • Both proposed tests demonstrated good control of Type I error rates.
  • Score test showed higher power for right-censored data.
  • Wald test generally exhibited higher power for binary outcomes.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed score and Wald tests are effective for examining cluster size informativeness.
  • These tests are applicable to generalized linear, Cox, and proportional subdistribution hazards models.
  • Application to hematopoietic cell transplant data highlights the importance of adjusting for informative cluster sizes.