Statistical Power, Sample Size, and Their Reporting in Randomized Controlled Trials

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 272, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 122-124

  Moher, David ^a   Wells, George A ^a   Dulberg, Corinne S ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0028276374     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1994.03520020048013     Document Type: Article

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