Vanderbilt Center for Health Economic Modeling

Using Simulation to Calculate Power and Minimum Detectable Effects

This posting will walk through the steps to perform power and minimum detectable effect calculations via simulation.

Welfare Analysis Meets Decision Theory

Part One: Net Welfare Benefit and the Value of Information

Part one in a three-part series on how the tools of welfare analysis and decision science can be used to inform the direction, scope, and design of research and…

Welfare Analysis Meets Research Prioritization

Part Two: Using the MVPF to Inform the Direction of Future Research

Part two in a three-part series on how the tools of comparative welfare analysis can be used to refine and design prospective randomized evaluations.

Welfare Analysis Meets Study Design

Part Three: Using the MVPF to Inform the Design of a Randomized Experiment

Part three in a three-part series on how the tools of comparative welfare analysis can be used to refine and design prospective randomized evaluations.