A review of the epidemiological evidence on lung cancer and passive smoking shows that only a small effect is needed to seriously downweight the estimated relative risk. The meeting will take place at 4.30pm, Room G20 in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Leicester at 22-28 Princess Road West, Leicester. For the first problem, for example a complete solution is available. In some circumstances there may be additional restrictions. One discussed here is that no item may be tested more than some integer k times, as might occur if the sample from the individual were exactly k times the quantity required for a single test.
Interpretation is given in terms of a decision tree.
Other variants of this and the other problems are discussed, particularly in relation to molecular genetics. The meeting will take place at 4.30pm, room C12, Mathematics and Physics building, University of Nottingham. The meeting will be preceded by tea and biscuits from 4.00pm. In order to investigate the statistical approaches adopted in health economic evaluations in randomised trials, a review was undertaken of published trials which included patient-specific cost data. This revealed major deficiencies in presentation, analysis and interpretation.