st: Sample size to detect a rare response

[Paddy Woodburn <paddywoodburn@yahoo.co.uk>]

Dear Statalist,

If you wanted 90% power to detect at least one positive result for a rare condition (expected proportion P) in a population, how would you calculate how many people you would need to test?  Is there a command for this?

Best regards,

Paddy


      

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