Using imprecise probabilities to address the questions of inference and decision in randomized clinical trials

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 255-268

  Gurrin, Lyle C ^a   Sly, Peter D ^a   Burton, Paul R ^a  

^a BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision theory; Ethics; Imprecise probabilities; Randomized clinical trials; Robust Bayes; Statistical inference

Indexed keywords

DROPERIDOL; ONDANSETRON;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION THEORY; ETHICS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANTIEMETICS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DROPERIDOL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ONDANSETRON; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0036286767     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2753.2002.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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