Estimating and reducing bias in group sequential designs with Gaussian independent increment structure

Biometrika

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 831-845

  Pinheiro, José C ^a,b   Demets, David L ^a,b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha spending method; Clinical trial; Estimation; group sequential test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009112809     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/84.4.831     Document Type: Article

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