Matched-pair noninferiority trials using rate ratio: A comparison of current methods and sample size refinement

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 364-377

  Tang, Man Lai ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Constrained maximum likelihood estimation; Noninferiority; Rate ratio; Sample size determination; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; HYPOTHESIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PERFORMANCE; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037967471     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-2456(03)00025-4     Document Type: Article

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