Study design in clinical research: Sample size estimation and power analysis

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 184-191

  Lerman, Jerrold ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

statistics: sample size calculation, power analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029971480     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03011261     Document Type: Article

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