Semi-parametric and non-parametric methods for clinical trials with incomplete data

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 341-358

  O'Brien, Peter C ^a   Zhang, David ^b   Bailey, Kent R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Missing data; Non parametric; Semi parametric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIFE TABLE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARAMETRIC TEST; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 13644258808     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1963     Document Type: Article

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