Table a1 Statistical power of the optimal test, the LRS test and the Stone's Poisson maximum test at the 5% significance level according to four values of the SIR
From: Incidence of childhood leukaemia in the vicinity of nuclear sites in France, 1990–1998
Optimal test | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H1 | ρ 1 | α 0 | Power | LRS test | Poisson max. test |
Linear decrease | |||||
1.1 | 4.79 | 36.98 | 32.94 | 19.60 | |
1.2 | 4.95 | 84.58 | 77.78 | 53.48 | |
1.5 | 4.71 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 99.89 | |
2 | 4.99 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
α 0 | 4.91 | 3.93 | |||
Rapid decrease after 5 km | |||||
1.1 | 4.03 | 19.00 | 18.18 | 19.07 | |
1.2 | 5.34 | 47.22 | 40.34 | 47.27 | |
1.5 | 4.16 | 98.40 | 95.57 | 98.40 | |
2 | 5.49 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
Rapid decrease after 10 km | |||||
1.1 | 4.52 | 43.82 | 33.43 | 21.13 | |
1.2 | 5.05 | 91.59 | 78.42 | 64.60 | |
1.5 | 4.57 | 100.00 | 99.99 | 99.98 | |
2 | 4.34 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
Rapid decrease after 15 km | |||||
1.1 | 4.88 | 71.00 | 52.59 | 22.40 | |
1.2 | 4.84 | 99.42 | 95.41 | 72.33 | |
1.5 | 4.52 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
2 | 4.49 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
α 0 | 4.83 | 4.10 | |||
