Issues in the use of change scores in randomized trials

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1989, Pages 1097-1105

  Norman, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Change; Reliability; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

BIOSTATISTICS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; SHORT SURVEY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMAN; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0024317354     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(89)90051-6     Document Type: Article

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