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Optimal group testing designs for estimating prevalence with uncertain testing errors.
We construct optimal designs for group testing experiments where the goal is to estimate the prevalence of a trait using a test with uncertain sensitivity and specificity. Using optimal design theory for approximate designs, we show that the most efficient design for simultaneously estimating the prevalence, sensitivity, and specificity requires three different group sizes with equal frequencies. However, if estimating prevalence as accurately as possible is the only focus, the optimal strategy is to have three group sizes with unequal frequencies. Based on a Chlamydia study in the United States, we compare performances of competing designs and provide insights into how the unknown sensitivity and specificity of the test affect the performance of the prevalence estimator. We demonstrate that the proposed locally D - and Ds -optimal designs have high efficiencies even when the prespecified values of the parameters are moderately misspecified.
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