Internal pilot studies II: Comparison of various procedures

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3493-3509

  Zucker, David M ^a   Wittes, Janet T ^b   Schabenberger, Oliver ^c   Brittain, Erica ^d,e  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Potomac Biostat Inc   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; BIOSTATISTICS; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; PILOT STUDY; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0033619975     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19991230)18:24<3493::AID-SIM302>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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