Approaches to sample size estimation in the design of clinical trials—a review

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1984, Pages 199-214

  Donner, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparison of rates; Sample size determination; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; SAMPLE; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0021632262     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.4780030302     Document Type: Article

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