Point estimates and confidence regions for sequential trials involving selection

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 402-419

  Stallard, Nigel ^a   Todd, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias correction; Confidence intervals; Select and test designs; Sequential clinical trials; Treatment selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444383925     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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