Sequential conditional probability ratio tests for normalized test statistic on information time

Biometrics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 624-631

  Xiong, Xiaoping ^a   Tan, Ming ^b   Boyett, James ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

Clinical trial; SCPRT; Sequential analysis

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; EARLY STOPPING; PROBABILITY RATIO; PROBABILITY STATEMENTS; PROPERTY; RATIO TEST; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SEQUENTIAL CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY RATIO TEST; TEST STATISTICS;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT;

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPRANOLOL;

BIOMETRY; MEDICINE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MONITORING; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042835636     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-0420.00072     Document Type: Article

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