An adaptive location-scale test

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 809-819

  Neuhäuser, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adaptive interim analysis; Fisher's combination test; Lepage's test; Weighted test statistics

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL TESTS; STATISTICS;

ADAPTIVE DESIGNS; ADAPTIVE INTERIM ANALYSE; FISHER COMBINATION TEST; HETEROSCEDASTICITY; INTERIM ANALYSIS; LEPAGE TEST; POWER; TEST STATISTICS; TREATMENT EFFECTS; WEIGHTED TEST STATISTIC;

LOCATION;

EID: 0040488557     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4036(200111)43:7<809::AID-BIMJ809>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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