Properties of the urn randomization in clinical trials

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 345-364

  Wei, L J ^a   Lachin, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accidental bias; adaptive biased coin design; missing data; permutation tests; Randomization; selection bias; stratified analysis; urn design

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; PERMUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024262955     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-2456(88)90048-7     Document Type: Article

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