ABSTRACT
For the same hypothesis test (3.1), the test statistic for the two-stage design
can be generalized to any K-stage design:
Tk =
∑k i=1 pi for MSP
Tk = ∏k
i=1 pi for MPP
Tk = 1− Φ (∑k
) for MINP,
(4.1)
where pi is the stagewise p-value at stage i and the subscript k = 1, . . . ,K.