Multistage adaptive test procedures based on Fisher's product criterion

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 279-293

  Wassmer, Gernot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive designs; Early stopping; Fisher's combination test; Group sequential tests

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE DESIGNS; ADAPTIVE NATURES; ADAPTIVE TESTS; EARLY STOPPING; FISHER COMBINATION TEST; GROUP SEQUENTIAL TEST; MULTI-STAGES; SEQUENTIAL TESTS; SIGNIFICANCE TEST; TEST PROCEDURES;

ACCEPTANCE TESTS;

EID: 0033469293     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4036(199906)41:3<279::AID-BIMJ279>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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