A note on P-values under group sequential testing and nonproportional hazards

Biometrics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 546-551

  Gillen, Daniel L ^a   Emerson, Scott S ^b  

^a 5226 Donald Bren Hall   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Censored data; Clinical trials; Nonproportional hazards; Ordering; Sequential tests

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ANALYSIS TIME; CENSORED DATA; CLINICAL TRIAL; NONPROPORTIONAL; NONPROPORTIONAL HAZARD; ORDERING; P-VALUES; SEQUENTIAL TESTS; TREATMENT EFFECTS; Z-STATISTICS;

HAZARDS;

MEDICINE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HAZARD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 20744446435     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2005.040342.x     Document Type: Review

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