Sample size determination in step-down and step-up multiple tests for comparing treatments with a control

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 367-384

  Dunnett, Charles W ^a   Horn, Manfred ^b   Vollandt, Rudiger ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparisons with a control; Least favorable configuration; Power; Primary 62J15; Sample size determination; Secondary 62K99; Stepwise testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037577301     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3758(00)00227-5     Document Type: Article

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