Adaptively changing subgroup proportions in clinical trials

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1085-1102

  Follmann, Dean ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Decision theory; Interaction; Interim monitoring; Strata

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031322659     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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