Power Calculations for Survival Analyses Via Monte Carlo Estimation

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 532-539

  Richardson, David B ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiological methods; Statistical power; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNIQUE;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242541734     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10310     Document Type: Article

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