ssPilot: Sample Size Calculation for External Pilot Studies for a Continuous Endpoint

An implementation of sample size calculations for external pilot studies that minimize the overall trial sample size for the external pilot and main trial for a continuous endpoint as described in Whitehead et al. (2016) <doi:10.1177/0962280215588241>.

Version: 1.0.0
Imports: ggplot2, rlang
Suggests: quarto, testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Published: 2026-09-29
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.ssPilot (may not be active yet)
Author: Joel Dadiboe [aut, cre, cph], Marcio Diniz [aut, rev, cph]
Maintainer: Joel Dadiboe <joeldadiboe at gmail.com>
BugReports: https://github.com/joeldadiboe-rgb/ssPilot/issues
License: GPL-2 | GPL-3 [expanded from: GPL (≥ 2)]
URL: https://github.com/joeldadiboe-rgb/ssPilot
NeedsCompilation: no
Materials: README, NEWS
CRAN checks: ssPilot results

Documentation:

Reference manual: ssPilot.html , ssPilot.pdf
Vignettes: ssPilot (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source: ssPilot_1.0.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: not available, r-release: not available, r-oldrel: not available
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): ssPilot_1.0.0.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): not available, r-release (x86_64): ssPilot_1.0.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): ssPilot_1.0.0.tgz

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