Name: Hothorn

Firstname: Ludwig A.

Title: Prof.

Institution: University of Hannover

Street: Herrenhauser Str.2

City: Hannover

Zip-Code: D-30419

Country: Germany

Phone: +495117625566

Fax: +495117624966

Email: hothorn@ifgb.uni-hannover.de

Authors: Hothorn, L.A.

Title: Demonstration interlaboratory similarity of dose-response assay s by modification of interaction contrasts

Abstract: Interlaboratory studies are widespread used pre-clinics, e.g. for toxicological in-vitro assay (1). Common statistical approaches for interlaboratory studies (2) are inappropriate for such dose-response designs, because not the reproducibility of a single replicated measurement is of interest but the similarity of dose-response effects. This can be tested by an interaction test for the two-way layout DOSE (Control, D1,..., Dk)* CENTER. The interaction F-test in the parametric set-up is inappropriate because of its global nature, but all-pairs tetrad interaction contrasts (3) estimate the needed local information. However, only many-to-one comparisons are interesting for the factor DOSE. Moreover, incremental trend contrasts, or isotonic contrasts assuming a monotonous dose-response relationship will be discussed in terms of interaction contrasts. Using liver weight data form a real interlaboratory immunotoxicological study, the several multiple interaction contrast types will be compared. For all approaches SAS programs are made available.

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