Unequal group sizes in randomised trials: Guarding against guessing

Lancet

Volumn 359, Issue 9310, 2002, Pages 966-970

  Schulz, Kenneth F ^a   Grimes, David A ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

EID: 0037117110     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08029-7     Document Type: Review

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