Groundhog day: Cause and effect and the primary importance of the finite population induced by randomization

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 93-105

  Stewart, William H ^a  

^a IQVIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause and effect; Contrast; Finite population; Generalized population; Randomization; Randomization tests; Strong null hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; HYPOTHESIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0036402786     PISSN: 10543406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/BIP-120006449     Document Type: Article

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