A computer program to estimate power and relative efficiency of flexibly matched case-control studies

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 693-696

  Stürmer, Til ^a,c   Gefeller, O ^b   Brenner, H ^a  

^a GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Confidence intervals; Efficiency; Epidemiologic methods; Research design; Sample size

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; HEALTH SURVEY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 29244483735     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634026     Document Type: Article

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