PASS Documentation

Use the links below to load individual chapters from the PASS statistical software training documentation in PDF format. The chapters correspond to the procedures available in PASS. Each chapter generally has an introduction to the topic, technical details (including power and sample size calculation details), explanations for the procedure options, examples, and procedure validation examples. Each of these chapters is also available through the PASS Help System when running the software.

Quick Start

Introduction

Assurance

Means

Inequality

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

Cluster-Randomized

Proportions

Inequality

Non-Zero Null

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

Cluster-Randomized

Vaccine Efficacy

Rates and Counts

Inequality

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

Poisson Rates

Negative Binomial Rates

Survival

Inequality

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

Cluster-Randomized

Vaccine Efficacy

Proportions

Bayesian Approaches

Bridging Studies

Means

Proportions

Sensitivity

Cluster-Randomized

One Mean

Confidence Interval

Two Means

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

Mixed Models (2-Level Hierarchical Design)

Mixed Models (3-Level Hierarchical Design)

GEE

Meta-Analysis

Multiple Means

Mixed Models (Interaction in a 2×2 Factorial Design)

Mixed Models (Slope-Interaction in a 2×2 Factorial Design)

GEE Tests for Multiple Groups

Multi-Arm Tests vs. a Control

One Proportion

Confidence Interval

Two Proportions

Test (Inequality)

Test (Non-Zero Null)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

Mixed Models (2-Level Hierarchical Design)

Mixed Models (3-Level Hierarchical Design)

GEE

Vaccine Efficacy

Meta-Analysis

Multiple Proportions

Rates and Counts

Survival

Stepped-Wedge

Mixed Models

Means

Proportions

GEE

Means

Proportions

Rates and Counts

Vaccine Efficacy

Assurance

Meta-Analysis

Conditional Power

Means

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Proportions

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Survival

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Confidence Intervals

Correlation

Means

Method Comparison

Percentiles

Proportions

Quality Control

Reference Intervals

Regression

ROC

Sensitivity and Specificity

Standard Deviation

Survival

Variances

Correlation

Correlation

Test (Inequality)

Confidence Interval

Coefficient (Cronbach's) Alpha

Intraclass Correlation

Kappa Rater Agreement

Meta-Analysis

Lin's Concordance Correlation

Design of Experiments

Randomization Lists

Experimental Design

Equivalence

Means

One Mean

Paired Means

Two Independent Means

Two Means (Cluster-Randomized)

Multiple Means

Cross-Over (2x2) Design

Cross-Over (Higher-Order) Design

Cross-Over (Williams) Design

Biosimilar

Proportions

One Proportion

Two Correlated (Paired) Proportions

Two Independent Proportions

Two Proportions (Cluster-Randomized)

Multiple Proportions (Multi-Arm Tests vs. a Control)

Cross-Over (2×2) Design

Cross-Over (Williams) Design

Rates and Counts

Survival

Variances

Assurance

GEE

Means

Proportions

Rates and Counts

Group-Sequential

One Mean

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Two Means

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

One Proportion

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Two Proportions

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Survival

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Poisson Rates

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Means

One Mean

T-Test (Inequality)

Z-Test (Inequality)

Nonparametric

Non-Normal Data

Confidence Interval

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

Stratified

Multiple Testing

Group-Sequential

Conditional Power

Paired Means

T-Test (Inequality)

Z-Test (Inequality)

Nonparametric

Confidence Interval

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

Cluster-Randomized

Single-Case (AB)ᴷ Designs

Multiple Testing

Conditional Power

Meta-Analysis

Two Independent Means

T-Test (Inequality)

Z-Test (Inequality)

Nonparametric

Ratio Test

Non-Normal Data

Confidence Interval

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

Biosimilar

Cluster-Randomized

Multicenter-Randomized

Stratified

Repeated Measures

Group-Sequential

Multiple Testing

Conditional Power

Pilot Studies

Bridging Studies

Meta-Analysis

Two Means (Cluster-Randomized Design)

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

Mixed Models (2-Level Hierarchical Design)

Mixed Models (3-Level Hierarchical Design)

GEE

Stratified

Meta-Analysis

Multiple Means (Cluster-Randomized Design)

Mixed Models (Interaction in a 2×2 Design)

Mixed Models (Slope-Interaction in a 2×2 Design)

GEE Tests for Multiple Groups

Multi-Arm Tests vs. a Control

Cross-Over (2×2) Design

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

Conditional Power

Cross-Over (Higher-Order) Design

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

Cross-Over (Williams) Design

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

One-Way Designs

ANOVA F-Test

Welch's (Unequal Variances) F-Test

Contrasts

Multiple Comparisons

Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA)

Cross-Over Designs

Repeated Measures Designs

Three-Arm Designs

Equivalence

Non-Zero Null

Non-Normal Data

Studentized Range Test

Nonparametric

GEE

Multi-Factor Designs (ANOVA)

Multiple Comparisons

Pair-Wise

Treatments vs. a Control (Difference)

Treatments vs. a Control (Ratio)

Minimum Effective Dose (Williams' Test)

Contrasts

Repeated Measures

Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA)

Repeated Measures

Repeated Measures

Cross-Over Designs

Mixed Models

GEE

Single-Case (AB)ᴷ Designs

Mixed Models

General

Two Means (Multicenter Randomized Design)

Two Means (2-Level Hierarchical Design)

Two Means (3-Level Hierarchical Design)

2×2 Factorial (2-Level Hierarchical Design)

2×2 Factorial (3-Level Hierarchical Design)

Slope Difference (2-Level Hierarchical Design)

Slope Difference (3-Level Hierarchical Design)

GEE

Multivariate Means

Nonparametric

One Mean

Paired Means

Two Independent Means

Single-Factor

Multiple Comparisons

Meta-Analysis

Assurance

Tools

Meta-Analysis

Means

Paired Means

Two Independent Means

Two Means (Cluster-Randomized Design)

Proportions

Two Independent Proportions

Two Proportions (Cluster-Randomized Design)

Correlation

Method Comparison

Microarray

Mixed Models

Means

General

Two Means (Multicenter Randomized Design)

Two Means (2-Level Hierarchical Design)

Two Means (3-Level Hierarchical Design)

2×2 Factorial (2-Level Hierarchical Design)

2×2 Factorial (3-Level Hierarchical Design)

Slope Difference (2-Level Hierarchical Design)

Slope Difference (3-Level Hierarchical Design)

Proportions

Two Proportions (2-Level Hierarchical Design)

Two Proportions (3-Level Hierarchical Design)

Non-Inferiority

Means

One Mean

Paired Means

Two Independent Means

Two Means (Cluster-Randomized)

Multiple Comparisons

Cross-Over (2×2) Design

Cross-Over (Higher-Order) Design

Cross-Over (Williams) Design

Group-Sequential

Conditional Power

Proportions

One Proportion

Two Correlated (Paired) Proportions

Two Independent Proportions

Two Proportions (Cluster-Randomized)

Multiple Proportions (Multi-Arm Tests vs. a Control)

Cross-Over (2×2) Design

Cross-Over (Williams) Design

Group-Sequential

Conditional Power

Vaccine Efficacy

Rates and Counts

Survival

Variances

Assurance

Nonparametric

One Mean

Paired Means

Two Independent Means

Single-Factor

Multiple Comparisons

Correlation

Variances

Reference Intervals

Tolerance Intervals

Normality

Pilot Studies

Post-Marketing Surveillance

Proportions

One Proportion

Test (Inequality)

Confidence Interval

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

Group-Sequential

Rare Events

Conditional Power

Two Correlated (Paired) Proportions

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Equivalence

Confidence Interval

Two Independent Proportions

Test (Inequality)

Test (Non-Zero Null)

Confidence Interval

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

Repeated Measures

Stratified (Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel Test)

Group-Sequential

Conditional Power

Vaccine Efficacy

Meta-Analysis

Two Proportions (Cluster-Randomized Design)

Test (Inequality)

Test (Non-Zero Null)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

Mixed Models (2-Level Hierarchical Design)

Mixed Models (3-Level Hierarchical Design)

GEE

Vaccine Efficacy

Meta-Analysis

Multiple Proportions

One-Way Designs

Correlated Proportions

Multi-Arm Tests vs. a Control

Trend Tests

Simon Phase II Designs

Ordered Categories

Dose-Finding

Multiple Proportions (Cluster-Randomized Designs)

Cross-Over (2x2) Design

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

Cross-Over (Williams) Design

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

Contingency Table (Chi-Square Tests)

Repeated Measures

GEE

Mixed Models

Two Proportions (2-Level Hierarchical Design)

Two Proportions (3-Level Hierarchical Design)

Stratified

Trend

Vaccine Efficacy

Ordered Categorical Data

Logistic Regression

Binary X (Wald Test)

Binary X (Confidence Interval)

Continuous X's (Wald Test)

Conditional Logistic Regression

GEE Logistic Regression

Mixed-Effects Logistic Regression

Ordinal Logistic Regression

Mediation Analysis

Multiple Groups

Kappa Rater Agreement

Sensitivity and Specificity

Bridging Studies

Assurance

Meta-Analysis

Tools

Quality Control

Rates and Counts

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

Cluster-Randomized Design

Cross-Over (2×2) Designs

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

GEE

One-Way Designs

Poisson Regression

Post-Marketing Surveillance

Poisson Rates

One Rate

Two Rates

Two Rates (Cluster-Randomized Design)

Two Rates (2x2 Cross-Over Design)

Multiple Rates

GEE (Repeated Measures Design)

Poisson Regression

Vaccine Efficacy

Negative Binomal Rates

Vaccine Efficacy

Assurance

Regression

Simple Linear Regression

Simple Linear Regression

Difference

Confidence Interval

Multiple Regression

Multiple Regression

Effect Size

Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA)

Mediation Analysis

Cox Regression

Cox Regression

Mediation Analysis

Poisson Regression

Poisson Regression

GEE Poisson Regression

Mediation Analysis

Multiple Groups

Logistic Regression

Binary X (Wald Test)

Binary X (Confidence Interval)

Continuous X's (Wald Test)

Conditional Logistic Regression

GEE Logistic Regression

Mixed-Effects Logistic Regression

Ordinal Logistic Regression

Mediation Analysis

Multiple Groups

Deming Regression

Mediation Analysis

Probit Analysis

Michaelis-Menten Parameters

Mendelian Randomization

Reference Intervals

ROC

Sample Size Reestimation

Means

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Proportions

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Survival

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Simulation

Data Simulator

Correlation

Means

One Mean

Paired Means

Two Independent Means

Many Means (ANOVA)

Group-Sequential

Normality Tests

Proportions

Quality Control

Survival

Poisson Rates

Variances

Stratified

Superiority by a Margin

Means

One Mean

Paired Means

Two Independent Means

Two Means (Cluster-Randomized)

Multiple Comparisons

Cross-Over (2x2) Design

Cross-Over (Higher-Order) Design

Cross-Over (Williams) Design

One-Way Design (Studentized Range)

Group-Sequential

Conditional Power

Proportions

One Proportion

Two Independent Proportions

Two Proportions (Cluster-Randomized)

Multiple Proportions (Multi-Arm Tests vs. a Control)

Cross-Over (2x2) Design

Cross-Over (Williams) Design

Group-Sequential

Conditional Power

Vaccine Efficacy

Rates and Counts

Survival

Variances

Assurance

Survival

One Survival Curve

Two Survival Curves

Test (Inequality)

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

Group-Sequential

Competing Risks

Cluster-Randomized

Conditional Power

Win Ratio

Multiple Survival Curves

Cox Regression

Exponential Means

Confidence Intervals

Probit Analysis

Vaccine Efficacy

Win Ratio

Assurance

Legacy Procedures

Tools

Tolerance Intervals

Vaccine Efficacy

Means

Proportions

Rates and Counts

Survival

Assurance

Variances

One Standard Deviation

One Variance

Two Variances

Many Variances

Within-Subject Variances

Parallel Design (Ratio of Two Variances)

Parallel Design (Difference of Coefficients of Variation)

2×2M Replicated Cross-Over Design (Ratio of Two Variances)

Between-Subject Variances

Parallel Replicated Design

2×2M Replicated Cross-Over Design

Total Variances

Parallel Design

Parallel Replicated Design

2×2 Cross-Over Design

2×2M Replicated Cross-Over Design

Coefficients of Variation

Non-Inferiority

Superiority by a Margin

Equivalence

Tools

Plots

References

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