PICOTsize: Sample Size Calculation for PICOT-Based Study Designs

Provides sample size calculators for the study designs covered by the PICOT framework, including cross-sectional, case-control, cohort, superiority, non-inferiority, and equivalence clinical trials, and diagnostic test accuracy studies, following Bhardwaj et al. (2024) <doi:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1675_23>. Calculations are performed using the 'epiR' package as a validated computational backend. Includes a 'shiny' application with a PICOT-based design wizard, an interactive sensitivity plot, and automatically generated Methods-section text for manuscripts.

Version: 0.1.0
Depends: R (≥ 4.1.0)
Imports: bslib, epiR, ggplot2, plotly, rlang, shiny
Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown, testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Published: 2026-10-10
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.PICOTsize (may not be active yet)
Author: Atefeh Rashidi Pour [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Atefeh Rashidi Pour <rashidiatefeh98 at gmail.com>
BugReports: https://github.com/AtefehRashidi/PICOTsize/issues
License: MIT + file LICENSE
URL: https://github.com/AtefehRashidi/PICOTsize, https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3834-3183
NeedsCompilation: no
Citation: PICOTsize citation info
Materials: README, NEWS
CRAN checks: PICOTsize results

Documentation:

Reference manual: PICOTsize.html , PICOTsize.pdf
Vignettes: Validating PICOTsize against Bhardwaj et al. (2024) (source)

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Package source: PICOTsize_0.1.0.tar.gz
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