Likelihood and clinical trials

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 223-227

  Hill, Gerry ^a   Forbes, William ^a   Kozak, Jean ^a   MacNeill, Ian ^a  

^a Charity of Ottawa Health Service   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Likelihood; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THEORY;

BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL TRIALS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0034117884     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00156-0     Document Type: Note

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