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license: MIT
title: 'PICOTsize: Sample Size Calculation for PICOT-Based Study Designs'
version: 0.1.0
identifiers:
- type: doi
  value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.PICOTsize
abstract: 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) <https://doi.org/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.
authors:
- family-names: Rashidi Pour
  given-names: Atefeh
  email: rashidiatefeh98@gmail.com
preferred-citation:
  type: manual
  title: 'PICOTsize: PICOT-based sample size calculation for epidemiological study
    designs'
  authors:
  - family-names: Rashidi Pour
    given-names: Atefeh
    email: rashidiatefeh98@gmail.com
  year: '2026'
  notes: R package
  url: https://github.com/AtefehRashidi/PICOTsize
repository: https://atefehrashidi.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/AtefehRashidi/PICOTsize
commit: 0d99e75b86a9ade857fcfab6ef64244280830ac3
url: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3834-3183
date-released: '2026-09-19'
contact:
- family-names: Rashidi Pour
  given-names: Atefeh
  email: rashidiatefeh98@gmail.com
references:
- type: article
  title: 'Determination of sample size for various study designs in medical research:
    A practical primer'
  authors:
  - family-names: Bhardwaj
    given-names: Reena
  - family-names: Agrawal
    given-names: Usha
  - family-names: Vashist
    given-names: Praveen
  - family-names: Manna
    given-names: Souvik
  journal: Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
  year: '2024'
  volume: '13'
  doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1675_23
  start: '2555'
  end: '2561'