A simple computerized program for the calculation of the required sample size necessary to ensure statistical accuracy in medical experiments

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 133-139

  Nutahara, Hitomi ^a   Hanada, Eisuke ^a   Kinukawa, Naoko ^a   Kenjo, Yuko ^a   Antoku, Yasuaki ^a   Akazawa, Kouhei ^b   Nose, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL AND DENTAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Prospective studies; Sample size; Simulation; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CALCULATION; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; SAMPLE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0035099487     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(00)00122-X     Document Type: Article

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