OpenEpi, Version of December 1, 2003

Test Results for PersonTime2 Module

 

 

Dataset #

Left Side

a,b,c,d

Compared with

Result

 

 

ExposedCases,UnExposedCases,

PersonTimeExposed, PersonTimeUnexposed

 

 

R1

Fixed

17,3,100025,122268

8,1,78531,77932

Martin, Austin Epidemiology 1996;7;29-33, p.31

Agreement of CMLE Rate Ratio, Fisher and midP exact values, and Breslow-Day test.

R2

Fixed

1,0,1000,2000

1,1,1000,3000

Martin, Austin Epidemiology 1996;7;29-33, p.31

Agreement of CMLE Rate Ratio, Fisher and midP exact values

R3

Fixed

21,9,182,359

Sullivan, Unpublished chapter, with hand-calculated results, downloadable with OpenEpi

Agreement of all values except CMLE Rate Ratio and exact values, since these are not given in the chapter.

R4

Fixed

10,4,53,245

11,5,129,114

Sullivan, Unpublished chapter, with hand-calculated results

Agreement of all values except CMLE Rate Ratio and exact values, since these are not given in the chapter.

 

Testing by Andy Dean, using materials listed. 

Conclusion: Module is ready for use, although users are advised to confirm important results with at least one other software module.