Bayesian and mixed Bayesian/likelihood criteria for sample size determination

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 769-781

  Joseph, Lawrence ^a,b   Du Berger, Roxane ^a   Bélisle, Patrick ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

BAYES THEOREM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030903282     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19970415)16:7<769::AID-SIM495>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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