Estimating the sample size for a t-test using an internal pilot

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1575-1585

  Denne, Jonathan S ^a   Jennison, Christopher ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERROR; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS;

EID: 0033565742     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19990715)18:13<1575::AID-SIM153>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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