Computational methods for evaluating sequential tests and post-test estimation via the sufficiency principle

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1027-1041

  Xiong, Xiaoping ^a   Tan, Ming ^b   Kutner, Michael H ^c  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GREENEBAUM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias adjusted estimation; Eigenvalue function; Probability of discordance; Sequential clinical trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036822250     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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