Multiple comparisons in interim analysis

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 5-23

  Sen, Pranab K ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulating data; Gaussian processes; Group sequential methods; Medical ethics; Monitoring; Multiple endpoints; Multiple look; Nonparametrics; Progressive censoring; Randomized clinical trials; Repeated significance tests; Robustness; Semiparametrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033426744     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3758(99)00028-2     Document Type: Article

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