Applying concepts of generalizability theory on clinical trial data to investigate sources of variation and their impact on reliability

Biometrics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 295-304

  Vangeneugden, Tony ^a,b   Laenen, Annouschka ^b   Geys, Helena ^b   Renard, Didier ^b,c   Molenberghs, Geert ^b  

^a JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Eli Lilly Benelux   (Belgium)

Author keywords

D study; G study; Generalizability; Reliability; Variance components

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

CLINICAL TRIAL; D-STUDY; FULL MODEL; G-STUDY; GENERALIZABILITY; GENERALIZABILITY THEORIES; MEASUREMENT SCALE; MODELING POWER; SOURCES OF VARIATION; VARIANCE COMPONENTS;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

HALOPERIDOL; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; PERPHENAZINE; RISPERIDONE; ZUCLOPENTHIXOL;

BIOMETRY; ERROR ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15044346274     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2005.031040.x     Document Type: Review

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