An alternative proposal for "Mixed randomization" by Schulz and Grimes

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 572-576

  Kundt, Guenther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balancing properties; Block size of permuted block randomization; Mixed randomization scheme; Unpredictability

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION;

EID: 25144465376     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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