Exploratory thoughts on clinical trials with utilities

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 2771-2791

  Tan, S B ^a   Smith, A F M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 0032534565     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19981215)17:23<2771::AID-SIM42>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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