Studies on event occurrence aim to investigate if and when subjects experience a particular event. The timing of events may be measured continuously using thin precise units or discretely using time periods. The latter metric of time is often used in social science research and the generalized...

In studies on event occurrence, the timing of events may be measured continuously using thin precise units or discretely using time periods. The design of trials with continuous-time survival endpoints has been studied for years, but very little is known about the design of trials with...